Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, impaired, diminished, or difficult sensation; dullness of feeling; numbness; insensibility in some degree. Also spelled
dysesthesia .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Impairment of any of the senses, esp. of touch.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
dysesthesia .
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Examples
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(dysaesthesia) may also be pain but are not necessarily so because, subjectively, they may not have the usual sensory qualities of pain.
Pain Aydede, Murat 2009
whichbe commented on the word dysaesthesia
Loss of sensation. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word dysaesthesia
JM was quite touched by his brush with dysaesthesia.
August 18, 2010