paræsthesia

A form of paresthesia — A sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin, with no obvious cause.

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Meanings

nounparæsthesia (countable and uncountable, plural paræsthesiæ)

plural paræsthesiæ

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of paresthesia.

    In examining into the bodily symptoms we first compare the condition present at the time with the man’s former state. Has pain, or paræsthesia, or loss of sensibility been present at any time?

    1911, Thomas Smith Clouston, chapter XXXI, in Unsoundness of Mind, E. P. Dutton and Company, page 302

Origin

From para- + -æsthesia.

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