adjective
- made excessively or abnormally sensitive to a stimulus, allergen, or emotional trigger
Usage: British spelling (American: hypersensitized); often used in medical, psychological, or immunological contexts
Examples
- After repeated exposure to the allergen, her immune system became hypersensitised.
- The patient's hypersensitised skin reacted to even mild soaps.
- Years of criticism left him hypersensitised to any form of feedback.
- The nerve endings had been hypersensitised by the injury.
- She developed a hypersensitised response to certain food additives.