Sign or Symptom
hyperesthesia Audio
hy·per·es·the·sia [ hahy-per-uhs-thee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]
Subclass of:
Somatosensory Disorders
Etymology:
Greek hyper = excessive + aisthesis = sensation + -ia = condition
Definitions related to hyperesthesia:
  • Increased sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation due to a diminished threshold or an increased response to stimuli.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Increased sensitivity to stimulation, excluding the special senses, which may refer to various modes of cutaneous sensibility including touch and thermal sensation without pain, as well as to pain.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
  • Increased sensitivity to tactile stimulation.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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