PARESTHESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paresthesia mean? 

• PARESTHESIA (noun)
  The noun PARESTHESIA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PARESTHESIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARESTHESIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

paraesthesia; paresthesia

Hypernyms ("paresthesia" 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 "paresthesia"):

formication (hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling over the skin; a common side-effect of extensive use of cocaine or amphetamines)

 Context examples 

Specific psychological phenomenon characterized by sudden onset of anxiety (often unrelated to objective events), accompanied by autonomic symptoms such as tachycardia, paresthesia, flushing, and sweating.

(Panic Disorder, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Symptoms include burning pain and paresthesias involving the ventral surface of the hand and fingers which may radiate proximally.

(Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Symptoms include weakness, paresthesia, sensory loss, marked discomfort and incontinence.

(Myelitis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

The use of free niacin is limited by its side effects of skin flushing (i.e., redness, itching, burning, and paresthesias).

(Niacin-based Antilipidemic Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

A brachial plexus disorder characterized by regional paresthesia, pain and muscle weakness, and limited movement in the arm or hand.

(Brachial plexopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include weakness, paresthesia, sensory loss, pain, and incontinence.

(Myelitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by regional paresthesia of the brachial plexus, marked discomfort and muscle weakness, and limited movement in the arm or hand.

(Brachial plexopathy, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Clinical signs may include bladder or bowel dysfunction, paresthesia and weakness of the lower extremities.

(Cauda Equina Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include nasal fullness, epistaxis, rhinorhea, pain, and paresthesia.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs include asymmetric paresthesia of the face, trunk and proximal extremities followed by lancinating pain, vibrioceptive and proprioceptive impairment, and muted reflexes.

(Paraneoplastic Subacute Sensory Neuronopathy, NCI Thesaurus)