hemianaesthesia

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A form of hemianesthesia — The inability to feel sensations from touch on one side of the body.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounhemianaesthesia (uncountable)
  1. CommonwealthalternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of hemianesthesia.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Proto-Hellenic[Term?]
  4. Ancient Greekἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)
  5. Englishhemi-
  6. Englishanaesthesia
  7. Englishhemianaesthesia

From hemi- + anaesthesia.

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APA

hemianaesthesia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemianaesthesia

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“hemianaesthesia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemianaesthesia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hemianaesthesia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemianaesthesia.

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