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- noun pathology A
neurological disorder characterized by an exaggerated startle response in situations of distress.
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GABA and glycine transporters in hyperekplexia/startle disease and epilepsy (see Rees et al.,
adoarns commented on the word hyperekplexia
an exaggerated startle response
January 28, 2008
yarb commented on the word hyperekplexia
Mrs yarb suffers from this, it's very funny but oaccasionally alarming.
January 29, 2008