Definition of Paresthesia

1. Noun. Abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage.

Exact synonyms: Paraesthesia
Generic synonyms: Symptom
Specialized synonyms: Formication

Definition of Paresthesia

1. Noun. A sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin, with no obvious cause. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paresthesia

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Paresthesia

1. Abnormal neurological sensations which include: numbness, tingling, burning, prickling and hyperesthesia (increased sensitivity). Any abnormality of sensation. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paresthesia

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pareos
parepicele
parepididymis
parepithymia
parer
parerethisis
parerga
parergasia
parergon
parers
pares
pareses
paresis
parestheses
paresthesia (current term)
paresthesias
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parethmoid
parethmoids
paretic
paretic impotence
paretic neurosyphilis
paretics
pareu
pareus
pareve
parfait

Literary usage of Paresthesia

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

1. Pain: Its Origin, Conduction, Perception and Diagnostic Significance by Richard Joseph Behan (1914)
"paresthesia.—This is a term used to describe a group of symptoms simulating pain, yet not of sufficient intensity to be so classified. ..."

2. Manual of Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat by John Johnson Kyle (1911)
"paresthesia.—paresthesia is due to a general neurosis. The patient imagines the presence of foreign bodies and diseased areas in the nose. ..."

3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"... especially in such cases in which there is numbness and some pain, and paresthesia, still greater difficulty will be experienced in making a diagnosis. ..."

4. A Textbook of Diseases of the Nose and Throat by David Braden Kyle (1904)
"paresthesia. Hyperesthesia. Paralysis of the Vocal ( 'ords. Neuralgia. Hysterical Aphonia. Chorea of the Larynx. Dysphonia Spastica. Laryngeal Vertigo. o. ..."

5. Diagnostics of the diseases of children by Le Grand Kerr (1907)
"... onset and not at the termination of the attack. Pressure over the nerve increases the pain, so that the condition is easy of recognition. paresthesia ..."

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