Hyperaesthesia \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. [1913 Webster]