SUPERSENSITIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does supersensitive mean? 

• SUPERSENSITIVE (adjective)
  The adjective SUPERSENSITIVE has 1 sense:

1. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)

  Familiarity information: SUPERSENSITIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERSENSITIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)

Synonyms:

allergic; hypersensitised; hypersensitive; hypersensitized; sensitised; sensitized; supersensitised; supersensitive; supersensitized

Context example:

hypersensitive to pollen

Similar:

susceptible ((often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of)

 Context examples 

The affected pupil will respond more briskly to accommodation than to light (light-near dissociation) and is supersensitive to dilute pilocarpine eye drops, which induce pupillary constriction.

(Holmes-Adie Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)