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hypersensitivity

Definitions

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  • noun any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy

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  • noun extreme sensitivity
  • noun pathological sensitivity

Etymologies

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hyper- +‎ sensitivity

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Examples

  • Type I, immediate anaphylactic hypersensitivity is characterised by the production of IgE antibodies against foreign proteins (Platts-Mills 2002).

    Archive 2006-03-01 Steve Carper 2006

  • Type I, immediate anaphylactic hypersensitivity is characterised by the production of IgE antibodies against foreign proteins (Platts-Mills 2002).

    The Different Types of Dairy Allergy Steve Carper 2006

  • Paranoid personality, characterized by hypersensitivity, rigidity, suspiciousness, feelings of envy and jealousy, excessive self-importance, and a tendency to blame others, has been proposed as the trait underlying paranoid states 439, 506.

    The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993

  • After Schlessinger aired a rant about race and what she called racial "hypersensitivity," which lasted nearly six minutes, and included eleven fully articulated, uncensored instances of the N-word, it wasn't the FCC that came down on her.

    Rashad Robinson: Censorship? You Can't Be Sirius Rashad Robinson 2010

  • Roche said it suspended all Phase III clinical trials for taspoglutide due to side effects such as hypersensitivity and said it will work on an improved dosage.

    Roche Suspends Diabetes Drug Trial 2010

  • After Schlessinger aired a rant about race and what she called racial "hypersensitivity," which lasted nearly six minutes, and included eleven fully articulated, uncensored instances of the N-word, it wasn't the FCC that came down on her.

    Rashad Robinson: Censorship? You Can't Be Sirius Rashad Robinson 2010

  • After Schlessinger aired a rant about race and what she called racial "hypersensitivity," which lasted nearly six minutes, and included eleven fully articulated, uncensored instances of the N-word, it wasn't the FCC that came down on her.

    Rashad Robinson: Censorship? You Can't Be Sirius Rashad Robinson 2010

  • They've seen this "hypersensitivity" before and they've seen what happens - so what makes their attempt any different?

    GOP Piles On Saltsman For "Magic Negro" CD, Blackwell Defends Him 2009

  • In these 'hypersensitivity' diseases, the immune system is over-responding.

    Makers Of Potential Multiple Sclerosis Vaccine Forced To Quit UK Thatsnews 2009

  • In these 'hypersensitivity' diseases, the immune system is over-responding.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Thatsnews 2009

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