The phrase
"exaggerated response" refers to when someone reacts or behaves in a way that is much stronger or greater than what is considered normal or expected for a particular situation.
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Sluggish or absent responses suggest a problem in the spinal cord, peripheral nerves, or muscles,
while exaggerated responses indicate problems above the spinal cord.
In the 1990s, scientists discovered that differences in the DNA sequence of the serotonin transporter gene seemed to give some
individuals exaggerated responses to stress, including the development of depression.
As we've seen, allergies are an overreaction of our immune system, a kind
of exaggerated response to a perceived danger.
The average of the two scaling factors implies that the CMIP5 models analysed on
average exaggerate the response to aerosols, ozone and other non-greenhouse gas anthropogenic forcings by almost 70 %.
The best estimate scaling factor for «other anthropogenic» for the 1861 - 2010 period is 0.49, indicating that the
model exaggerates the response to aerosols, ozone etc. by a factor of two.
Jesus»
exaggerated response to Peter's question about forgiveness in verse 21 shows that he knows we want forgiveness to be a quick and simple answer although it's not.
Ling said when a patient sustains a second head injury before fully recovered from the first, «it leads to
an exaggerated response and has a 50 % mortality rate.»
Opioid use was also more likely for patients who scored higher on a measure of pain catastrophizing —
exaggerated responses and worries about pain — than those with depressive symptoms.
While the inflammatory immune response is essential to protecting humans against viruses and bacteria, superantigen toxins cause
an exaggerated response called an «immune storm» that can do a great deal of damage in the body and can result in multiple organ failure.
Now psychologists at the University of Kent have found that the condition — known as trypophobia — may be
an exaggerated response linked to deep - seated anxiety about parasites and infectious disease.
«But we are not sure whether this time it is due to virus, or to
some exaggerated response triggered in the immune system which does not require the presence of virus.»
This hypothesis receives support from evidence that showing neurotic subjects images of fearful faces triggers
an exaggerated response in the amygdala, a brain region that has been linked to fearful emotion.
This means that their immune systems were producing
an exaggerated response to the drug, like an allergy.
The immune system is responsible for protecting the body from various foreign viruses and bacteria, but an asthmatics» immune system perceives certain substances and allergens as big threats and activates
an exaggerated response, thus triggering an asthma attack.
This exaggerated response plays a role in a wide variety of health problems.
Not only do we have the issues above but we have
exaggerated responses to testosterone and other androgens like DHEA, DHT (a potent metabolite of testosterone) and androstenedione at the level of the pore.
The main concern was assumed to be for those who are hyperthyroid, as some stimulant drugs can have
an exaggerated response in people with hyperthyroidism, and cause tachycardia in hearts already overstimulated by hyperthyroidism.
Even the scenes at the hotel, while certainly funny in their own twisted way, are
an exaggerated response to the dangers of conformity.
An «allergy» is
an exaggerated response by the immune system to a substance or toxin (often called the «allergen»).
Some symptoms of overdose or possible long - term effects are
an exaggerated response to touch, light, and sound.
Between 5 % and 20 % of dogs that have Cushing's (either PD or AT) will not show
the exaggerated response expected with this disease.
Skeptic Argument: Sea level rise predictions are
exaggerated Response: Sea levels are rising faster now than in the previous century, and could rise between 50 cm to 1.5 metres by 2100
Some have said that mandatory training is
an exaggerated response, but can we really overstate the need to rid our institutions of this kind of discrimination?