Meaning of HYPERSENSITIVITY

Pronunciation:			h`Ipurs'ensutivutee
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WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  extreme sensitivity [n]  pathological sensitivity
	See Also:		cryaesthesia, cryesthesia, hypersensitivity reaction, predisposition, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sensitivity
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		An increase in the immune reaction by the body to a foreign substance such as an antigen or allergen, often caused by previous exposure to the same substance. Many food allergies, such as to nuts, work in this manner.
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	Related Terms:		allergy, anaphylaxis, considerateness, delicacy, empathy, exquisiteness, fineness, hairsplitting, hypercriticism, hyperesthesia, hyperpathia, hypersensitiveness, identification, irritability, morbid sensibility, nervousness, overconscientiousness, overcriticalness, overfastidiousness, overmeticulousness, overniceness, overnicety, overparticularity, overrefinement, overscrupulousness, oversensibility, oversensitiveness, oversensitivity, oversqueamishness, overtenderness, passibility, perceptiveness, perceptivity, photophobia, prickliness, responsiveness, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sensitization, soreness, supersensitivity, sympathy, tact, tactfulness, temperamentalness, tenderness, tetchiness, thin skin, ticklishness, touchiness