hyperreactivity
noun[U]
medicalspecialized(alsohyper-reactivity)uk/ˌhaɪ.pə.ri.ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ˌhaɪ.pɚ.ri.ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/aconditionin which someonereactsverystronglytostimuli(= things thatcausereaction):
Evidence ofbronchialhyper-reactivity wasobtainedin 113patients.
Theconditionisassociatedwith hyperreactivitytoemotionalstimuli.
- Vitamin C may have aprotectiveeffectonairwayhyperreactivity in somepatients.
- Allergens or othertriggersset off acascadeofeventsin theimmunesystemleadingtoinflammationand hyperreactivity in theairways.
- 25% ofsickfirefighterswerefoundto haveairwayhyperreactivity.
Reacting and responding
- act onsomething
- backlash
- bat
- batsomethingback
- bite
- bite back (atsomeone/something)
- overreaction
- pearl-clutching
- play it by earidiom
- press/pushsomeone'sbuttonsidiom
- press/push/hit (all) the right buttonsidiom
- reaction
- respond
- sensitive
- supersensitivity
- ticklish
- ultra-sensitive
- wake
- wake up!idiom
- whitelash