hyperexcitability

noun — 2 senses

hyperexcitability

noun

Etymology From hyper- + excitability.

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.1920, American Medicine - Volume 26, page 424:

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