hyperprosexia

noun

hy·​per·​pro·​sex·​ia

plural -s

: excessive fixity of attention on a stimulus object

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from hyper- + Greek prosexis attention (from prosechein to pay attention to, from pros toward + echein to hold) + New Latin -ia

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