oversensitized
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "There are three theories about what caused the cardiac arrest, Kramp said: The inhalant could have oversensitized the patient’s heart, which can make any subsequent stress, like getting caught by a parent, cause cardiac arrest. Also, inhalants decrease the strength of contraction of the heart muscle."
Etymology
From over- + sensitized.
Inflected Forms
more oversensitized (comparative)
most oversensitized (superlative)