hyperexcitable
adjective
hy·per·ex·cit·able
ˌhī-pər-ik-ˈsī-tə-bəl 
variants
or hyper-excitable
: extremely or excessively excitable
hyperexcitable children
Dr. Walters believes that for a nerve cell to become hyperexcitable when it or its neighbor has been injured makes evolutionary sense.—
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hyperexcitability
noun
or hyper-excitability
hyperexcitability of motor neurons
a medication that can cause hyperexcitability
Examples of hyperexcitable in a Sentence
those hyperexcitable contestants on TV game shows who celebrate winning by jumping up and down uncontrollably
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The synesthesia is locked in, and the hyperexcitable visual cortex no longer drives it.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2011
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