hyperreactive
adjective
hy·per·re·ac·tive
ˌhī-pər-rē-ˈak-tiv 
variants
or hyper-reactive
: 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
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
Robert Taylor
hyperreactivity
noun
or hyper-reactivity
hyperreactivity of airways in asthma
sensory hyper-reactivity
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hyperreactive
adjective
hy·per·re·ac·tive
-rē-ˈak-tiv
variants
also hyper-reactive
: 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)
Kate McGraw, The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware)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
Harold M. Schmeck, Jr., The New York Times
hyperreactivity
noun
also hyper-reactivity
plural hyperreactivities
bronchial hyperreactivity
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