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Noun: hypersensitivity  `hI-pur'sen-su-ti-vu-tee
  1. Pathological sensitivity
     
  2. Extreme sensitivity

Derived forms: hypersensitivities

See also: hypersensitive

Type of: predisposition, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity

Encyclopedia: Hypersensitivity Hypersensitivity, delayed Hypersensitivity, immediate

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