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PARAESTHESIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage
Synonyms:
paraesthesia; paresthesia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("paraesthesia" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paraesthesia"):
formication (hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling over the skin; a common side-effect of extensive use of cocaine or amphetamines)
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