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Definition of: hyperalgesia
(hī′pər·al·jē′zē·ə, -sē·ə) noun Pathol.
Excessive sensitiveness to pain. Also hy′per·al·ge′sis. [<HYPER- + Gk. algēsis sense of pain <algos pain]
—hy′per·al·ge′sic (-zik, -sik) adjective
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