hyperreactive
adjective
hy·per·re·ac·tive
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variants:
or hyper-reactive
Definition of hyperreactive
: having or showing abnormally high sensitivity to stimuli
Because of their association with the trauma, many victims seem to be hyperreactive to sounds and sights other children don't respond to.— Kate McGraw … production of free radicals: hyper-reactive molecules that can attack proteins, nucleic acids, or lipids that have the misfortune to be nearby.— Robert Taylor
Other Words from hyperreactive
hyperreactivity
\ ˌhī-pər-(ˌ)rē-ˌak-ˈti-və-tē
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or hyper-reactivity
noun
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or hyper-reactivity
noun
hyperreactivity of airways in asthma
sensory hyper-reactivity
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hyperreactive
adjective
hy·per·re·ac·tive
| \ -rē-ˈak-tiv
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variants:
also hyper-reactive
Medical Definition of hyperreactive
: having or showing abnormally high sensitivity to stimuli
Because of their association with the trauma, many victims seem to be hyperreactive to sounds and sights other children don't respond to. — Kate McGraw, The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware), 29 Apr. 2009 Interior surface cells of the bronchial passages were destroyed and the airways became hyper-reactive to outside stimuli. — Harold M. Schmeck, Jr., The New York Times, 31 Jan. 1989
Other Words from hyperreactive
hyperreactivity
\ -(ˌ)rē-ˌak-ˈtiv-ət-ē
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also hyper-reactivity
noun,
plural hyperreactivities
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also hyper-reactivity
noun,
plural hyperreactivities
bronchial hyperreactivity