hyperexcitability
English
editEtymology
editFrom hyper- + excitability.
Noun
edithyperexcitability (uncountable)
- hyperactivity
- 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.