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hyperalgesia

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hyperalgesia
an unusually high sensitivity to pain. — hyperalgesic, adj.
See also: Pain


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Basic and clinical aspects of visceral hyperalgesia.
In certain cases with prolong pain stimulation, excitation of pain fibers increases leading to a condition known as hyperalgesia.
Scientists at the National Sun Yat-Sen University in Taiwan found that the chemical reversed hyperalgesia in laboratory rats.
 
 
 
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