Hypersensitivity (also called hypersensitivity reaction or intolerance) is a set of undesirable reactions produced by the normal immune system, including allergies and autoimmunity.
Hypersensitivity or hypersensitive may also refer to:
- Hypersensitivity, or Sensory Processing Sensitivity, a psychological condition relating to sensitivity to processing information.
- Hypersensitization, a cellular increase in the expression of a specific receptor
- Dentin hypersensitivity, a cause of dental pain
- Hyperesthesia, abnormal increase in sensitivity to stimuli of the senses
- Electromagnetic hypersensitivity
- Hypersensitive, a music album
- Hypersensitive response, infection defense in plants
- Hypersensitive site, a region in chromatin
- Sensory overload, experiencing overstimulation
- Sensory processing disorder (SPD), a medical condition relating to abnormal multisensory integration
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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