Hyperexcitability

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    hyperactivity uncountable
  2. 2
    Excessive sensitivity of the nerves. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From hyper- + excitability.

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