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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπαραίσθησις“misperception”
- English todayparesthesis
From Ancient Greek παραίσθησις (paraísthēsis, “misperception”). By surface analysis, para- + -esthesis.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπαραίσθησις all →
paresthesia
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