aesth-, esth-, aesthe-, esthe-, aesthesio-, esthesio-, aesthesia-, -esthesia, -aesthetic, -esthetic, -aesthetical, -esthetical, -aesthetically, -esthetically +
(Greek: feeling, sensation, perception)
acanthesthesia
1. The sensations as if being stuck with sharp points; such as, with pins or needles.
2. A feeling that one is being pressed by a sharp point.
3. In neurology, a perverted sensory perception by which a soft touch is sensed as the sharp sticking of a sharp object.
2. A feeling that one is being pressed by a sharp point.
3. In neurology, a perverted sensory perception by which a soft touch is sensed as the sharp sticking of a sharp object.
The perception (sensory) aspect of aphasia or dysphasia (any disturbance in the comprehension or expression of languages due to a brain lesion).
1. Absence of the normal sense of physical existence and well-being and of the regular functioning of the bodily organs: "Felix was hospitalized so the medical teams could diagnose the acenesthesia of his lower bodily organs."
2. Absence of any feeling of physical existence; a common symptom in many psychiatric conditions: "Florence appeared to be in a state of acenesthesia as she described her feeling of not being physically present."
2. Absence of any feeling of physical existence; a common symptom in many psychiatric conditions: "Florence appeared to be in a state of acenesthesia as she described her feeling of not being physically present."
acmesthesia, acmaesthesia
1. A sensation of a sharp point touching the skin.
2. In medicine, "a cutaneous sensation of a sharp point".
2. In medicine, "a cutaneous sensation of a sharp point".
acmesthetic
Relating to a sensation of sharp points touching the skin but lacking the perception of pain usually associated with such stimulation.
Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.
acouesthesia
The sense of hearing; auditory perception.
You can hear cow bells but you can't hear cow horns.
We hear what we listen for.
A good listener is one who can give you his full attention without hearing a word you say.
A partial loss of hearing or a reduced sensitivity to sounds.
acroanesthesia
Loss of sensation in the extremities; such as the hands, fingers, toes, and feet.
acrodysaesthesia
1. Dysesthesia (impairment of the senses) in the extremities, usually the hands and feet.
2. An abnormal and unpleasant sensation in the peripheral portions of the extremities.
2. An abnormal and unpleasant sensation in the peripheral portions of the extremities.
acrodysesthesia
1. Abnormal sensations on the skin of the legs and arms; such as, a feeling of numbness, tingling, prickling, or a burning or cutting pain.
2. Abnormal and unpleasant sensations in the peipheral portions of the extremities.
3. Dysesthesia (impairment of the senses) in the extremities (arms and legs), usually the hands and feet.
2. Abnormal and unpleasant sensations in the peipheral portions of the extremities.
3. Dysesthesia (impairment of the senses) in the extremities (arms and legs), usually the hands and feet.
acroesthesia
1. Increased sensitiveness.
2. Pain in bodily extremities or hyperesthesia of one or more of the extremities; such as, in the hands, fingers, feet, toes, etc.
2. Pain in bodily extremities or hyperesthesia of one or more of the extremities; such as, in the hands, fingers, feet, toes, etc.
acroparesthesia
1. Disease marked by attacks of tingling in the outer parts of the body.
2. Numbness, tingling, and/or other abnormal sensations of the extremities (for example, the fingers, hands, forearms, and toes); usually due to a carpal tunnel syndrome but also from other causes; seen frequently in organic disorders, especially peripheral nerve lesions.
2. Numbness, tingling, and/or other abnormal sensations of the extremities (for example, the fingers, hands, forearms, and toes); usually due to a carpal tunnel syndrome but also from other causes; seen frequently in organic disorders, especially peripheral nerve lesions.
There are times when the term refers only to those unpleasant sensations that occur without any demonstrable organic basis.
aesthacyte
A sensory cell of primitive animals such as sponges.
aesthesia, esthesia
The ability to feel and to perceive sensations; perceptions.
aesthesic, esthesic
A reference to the mental perception of sensations.
The index of anesthesia history, Parts 1, 2, and 3.
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Related-word units meaning feeling: senso-; pass-, pati-; patho-.
