hypersensitivity

IPA: haɪpɝsˈɛnsɪtɪvɪti

Examples of "hypersensitivity" in Sentences

In these 'hypersensitivity' diseases, the immune system is over-responding.
They've seen this "hypersensitivity" before and they've seen what happens - so what makes their attempt any different?
Type I, immediate anaphylactic hypersensitivity is characterised by the production of IgE antibodies against foreign proteins (Platts-Mills 2002).
Roche said it suspended all Phase III clinical trials for taspoglutide due to side effects such as hypersensitivity and said it will work on an improved dosage.
After Schlessinger aired a rant about race and what she called racial "hypersensitivity," which lasted nearly six minutes, and included eleven fully articulated, uncensored instances of the N-word, it wasn't the FCC that came down on her.
Paranoid personality, characterized by hypersensitivity, rigidity, suspiciousness, feelings of envy and jealousy, excessive self-importance, and a tendency to blame others, has been proposed as the trait underlying paranoid states 439, 506.