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hyperexcitability

noun

Etymology

From hyper- + excitability.

  1. derived from excitō — “to call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”
  2. derived from exciter
  3. inherited from exciten
  4. suffixed as excitability — “excite + ability”
  5. prefixed as hyperexcitability — “hyper + excitability”

Definitions

  1. hyperactivity

  2. Excessive sensitivity of the nerves.

    • He concluded that hunger pains in ulcer cases are not due to hunger contractions per se, but to hyperexcitability of the sensory nerves in the stomach wall.

The neighborhood

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