Definition of Cryesthesia

1. Noun. Hypersensitivity to cold.

Exact synonyms: Cryaesthesia
Generic synonyms: Hypersensitivity

Medical Definition of Cryesthesia

1. Abnormal sensitivity to cold. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryesthesia

cry one's eyes out
cry out
cry out against
cry out for
cry reflex
cry someone a river
cry the blues
cry uncle
cry wolf
cryaesthesia
cryalgesia
cryanesthesia
crybabies
crybaby
crybaby tree
cryesthesia (current term)
cryin'
crying
crying(a)
crying bird
crying blue murder
crying call
crying calls
crying off
crying out
crying out against
crying out for
crying shame
crying uncle
crying wolf

Literary usage of Cryesthesia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pellagra by Armand Marie (1910)
"But sometimes cryesthesia is found. VISION. In five cases of pellagra observed by Roncoroni and Ottolenghi the sight was normal. Among ten the study of the ..."

2. The Student's Medical Dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1896)
"98.6° FT-sense, the sense by which differences in temperature are appreciated, consisting of a sense for cold (cryesthesia) and a heat-sense ..."

3. Pellagra, an American Problem by George McCallum Niles (1912)
"... found the sensibility to heat better preserved in the face than in the extremities, but sometimes cryesthesia is found." These abnormal sensations of ..."

4. What to Eat and why by George Carroll Smith (1915)
"(h) cryesthesia — great sensitiveness to cold, especially in feet, legs and loins. (i) "Electric shocks" on awaking from sleep in the night. ..."

5. Intestinal Auto-intoxication by Adolphe Combe, Albert Fournier, William Gaynor States (1908)
"In some it is only during the periods of apyrexia; in others it is constant (the cryesthesia of ..."

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