hypersensitivity
/hˌaɪpɚsˈɛnsɪtˌɪvɪtˌi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.77 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
7
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy; hypersensation.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- ""I might say," remarked Professor Richet, "that the hyper-sensibility is moral as well as physical. Panbek is impressionable and full of emotion, with the temperament of the poet and all those little weaknesses, if we may call them so, which the poet pays as a ransom for his gifts.""
- "If our universities are teaching students that their emotions can be used effectively as weapons—or at least as evidence in administrative proceedings—then they are teaching students to nurture a kind of hypersensitivity that will lead them into countless drawn-out conflicts in college and beyond."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English sensitivity English hypersensitivity From hyper- + sensitivity.
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Phrases
electromagnetic hypersensitivity
human seminal plasma protein hypersensitivity
hypersensitivity pneumonitis
sensory hypersensitivity
type 1 hypersensitivity