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Acanthaesthesia

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acanthesthesianounA type of paresthesia characterized by a tingling, numbing sensation as of being pierced by needles, usually caused by the (temporary) clamping of nerves.
paraesthesianounAlternative spelling of paresthesia. [A sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin, with no obvious cause.]
anaphianoun(medicine, rare) Tactile anesthesia; the total or partial absence of the sense of touch.
paræsthesianounObsolete form of paresthesia. [A sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin, with no obvious cause.]
panaesthesianounAlternative form of panesthesia. [(medicine) Everything that is felt by a person at one time; totality of sensation.]
pseudæsthesianounRare spelling of pseudaesthesia. [(dated, medicine) phantom pain.]
esthesianounAlternative spelling of aesthesia. [The ability to perceive sensations.]
tinglingnounA tingling sensation; pins and needles.
algesthesisnoun(medicine) Perception or sensation of pain.
anesthesianoun(medicine, American spelling, Canadian spelling) An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.
paresthesianounA sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin, with no obvious cause.
æsthesianounObsolete spelling of aesthesia. [The ability to perceive sensations.]
pseudaesthesianoun(dated, medicine) phantom pain.
panesthesianoun(medicine) Everything that is felt by a person at one time; totality of sensation.
aesthesianounThe ability to perceive sensations.
acmesthesianoun(pathology) The sensitivity of the skin to a sharp point (such as a pinprick)
anæsthesisnounObsolete typography of anaesthesis. [loss of feeling; insensibility]
anodynianoun(medicine) The absence of pain in a previously painful region.
analgesianoun(medicine) The inability to feel pain.
thermanesthesianoun(medicine) The inability to feel heat or cold; loss of sense of temperature upon contact with skin.

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