\Hy`per*[ae]s*the"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r
over + ? sense, perception.] (Med. & Physiol.)
A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the
body, or of a part of it. -- {Hy`per*[ae]s*thet"ic}, a.