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oversensitive

[oh-ver-sen-si-tiv] / ˈoʊ vərˈsɛn sɪ tɪv /








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“It’s an oversensitive dopamine response that leads to varied feelings, ” says therapist and author Marissa Zwetow.

From Slate Mar. 15, 2026

"I think growing up undiagnosed, you grow up thinking everything you're doing is wrong because you're different and you then internalise a lot of that so you're very oversensitive as well," she said.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2025

According to study leader Gregory Barton, UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cell biology, identifying these mutations could help doctors deliver a personalized treatment to patients with oversensitive TLRs and, in particular, oversensitive TLR7 receptors.

From Science Daily May 23, 2024

“The result today is, for some people, that our immune systems are oversensitive, and sometimes they turn on themselves.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 24, 2023

I felt bad for him, and thought the inmate with the tray in his hands was perhaps being oversensitive.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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