Look up: paresthesia

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   paresthesia
   [n] - abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage
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   Paresthesia
   numbness or tingling in the skin; commonly referred to as 'pins and needles'
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   Paresthesia
   Paresthesia is an odd sensation of burning, prickling, tingling, 'pins and needles' or creeping on the skin.
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   Paresthesia
   Numbness, prickly sensations without point specificity, or abnormal hypersensitivities, all local to one part of the body, and without an obvious cause.
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   Paresthesia
   Paresthesia: An abnormal sensation of the skin, such as numbness, tingling, pricking, burning, or creeping on the skin that has no objective cause. Paresthesia is the usual American spelling and paraesthesia the preferred English spelling. Pronounced par·es·the·sia. From the Greek para- (abnormal) + esthesis (feeling) = an abnormal feeling. Common ...
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   paresthesia
   <neurology> Abnormal neurological sensations which include: numbness, tingling, burning, prickling and hyperesthesia (increased sensitivity). Any abnormality of sensation. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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   paresthesia
   paraesthesia noun abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage
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   Paresthesia
   `Paresthesia` or `paraesthesia` (in British English) is a sensation of tingling, pricking, or `numbness` of a person's skin with no apparent long-term physical effect, more generally known as the feeling of `pins and needles` or of a limb being `asleep` (but not directly related to the phenomenon of sleep). Its manifestation may be transient or chronic.
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   paresthesia
   (par″es-the´zhә) a morbid or abnormal sensation, such as burning, prickling, or formication. postoperative paresthesia prolonged paresthesia after surgery done with a local anesthetic, especially around the mouth due to injury of the mental nerve or mandibular nerve.
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    paresthesia
    (from the article `conversion disorder`) ...take many forms and are designated conversion reactions because the underlying anxiety is assumed to have been `converted` into physical symptoms. ...
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    paresthesia
    paresthesia, paraesthesia, paresthetic, paraesthetic 1. Sensations of prickliness, tingling, burning, crawling, etc. of the skin for no apparent cause; disordered or perverted sensation. 2. An unpleasant sensation caused by tactile (touching) stimuli.
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    paresthesia
    An abnormal sensation, such as of burning, pricking, tickling, or tingling. Syn: paraesthesia [para- + G. aisthsis, sensation]
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