PARESTHESIA


Meaning of PARESTHESIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpar-əs-ˈthē-zhə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from para- + -esthesia (as in anesthesia )

Date: circa 1860

: a sensation of pricking, tingling, or creeping on the skin that has no objective cause

• par·es·thet·ic -ˈthe-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.