paræsthesia

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See also: paraesthesia

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ -æsthesia.

Noun

paræsthesia (countable and uncountable, plural paræsthesiæ)

  1. Obsolete form of paresthesia.
    • 1911, Thomas Smith Clouston, chapter XXXI, in Unsoundness of Mind, E. P. Dutton and Company, page 302:
      In examining into the bodily symptoms we first compare the condition present at the time with the man’s former state. Has pain, or paræsthesia, or loss of sensibility been present at any time?