anaphia

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noun

Tactile anesthesia; the total or partial absence of the sense of touch.

OriginAncient Greek ἁφή →
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Meanings

nounanaphia (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountablemedicineTactile anesthesia; the total or partial absence of the sense of touch.

    Anaphia is the total or partial absence of the sense of touch. For research on tactile technologies and feedback, participants with anaphia can have a negative impact on potentially positive results.

    2017, Fei Tang, Ryan P. McMahan, Eric D. Ragan, Tandra T. Allen, “Subjective Evaluation of Tactile Fidelity for Single-Finger and Whole-Hand Touch Gestures”, in Jessie Chen, Stephanie Lackey, editors, Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, Springer, page 198

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἁφή“sense of touch”
  2. Englishanaphia

From an- (“not”) + Ancient Greek ἁφή (haphḗ, “sense of touch”) + -ia. Or perhaps directly from Ancient Greek ἀναφής (anaphḗs, “impalpable”). For the middle element, compare haptic.

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