Usually means: Increased sensitivity to sensory stimuli.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. hyperesthesia: Merriam-Webster
  2. hyperesthesia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hyperesthesia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hyperesthesia: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hyperesthesia: Wordnik
  6. hyperesthesia: Wiktionary
  7. hyperesthesia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. hyperesthesia: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. hyperesthesia: Dictionary.com
  10. hyperesthesia: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Hyperesthesia: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. hyperesthesia: FreeDictionary.org
  13. hyperesthesia: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Hyperesthesia: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. Hyperesthesia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hyperesthesia: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. hyperesthesia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. hyperesthesia: Medical dictionary

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  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hyperesthesia)

noun:  Unusual or pathological sensitivity of the skin or of a particular sense.

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