MEANING
An unusually heightened pain response to a stimulus that would normally be painful.
Use it for
An already painful stimulus feels far more painful than expected.Use for amplified pain from a painful stimulus; use allodynia when a normally harmless stimulus hurts.
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After the nerve injury, hyperalgesia made even a pinprick feel unbearable.
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