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hypersensitized

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Adj.1.hypersensitized - having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)hypersensitized - having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen"
susceptible - (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof"


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When a person has any kind of injury - a broken shin, for example, or a sunburn - the pain system becomes hypersensitized, firing up in response to normally painless sensations induced by, for instance, walking or a gentle massage.
You could as well conduct a blood exam to know precisely what they're hypersensitized to.
Yet I also believe that the constant buzz about autism has led to many of us being hypersensitized about whether our child "has it.
 
 
 
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