hyperexcitability

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ excitability

Noun

hyperexcitability (uncountable)

1. hyperactivity
2. Excessive sensitivity of the nerves.
   • 1920, American Medicine - Volume 26, page 424:

     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.