dysesthesia

[ dis-uhs-thee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Pathology.

any impairment of the senses, especially of the sense of touch.
a condition in which light physical contact of the skin causes pain.

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Other Word Forms

��·��·�ٳ��·�� [dis-is-, thet, -ik], ��a��·�ٳ��i�� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dysesthesia¹

< New Latin < Greek ��ٳ�ŧ��í��. See dys-, esthesia

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One distressing characteristic symptom of CFP is temperature-related dysesthesia, in which a person touches an object that is hot and the brain registers it as being cold, and vice versa.

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dysergia dysfluency

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