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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HYPERAESTHESIA

Hy `per *æs *the "si *a, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Med. & Physiol.)

 

Defn: A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the body, or of a part of it. -- Hy `per *æs *thet "ic, a.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hyperaesthesia

hy per aes the sia ▶noun British spelling of hyperesthesia.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hyperaesthesia

hyperaesthesia |ˌhʌɪpəriːsˈθiːzɪə, -ɛsˈθiː - |(US hyperesthesia ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] Medicine excessive physical sensitivity, especially of the skin. DERIVATIVES hyperaesthetic |-ˈθɛtɪk |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from hyper- ‘above normal ’ + Greek aisthēsis ‘sensation ’.