Hypoesthesia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    partial loss of tactile sensation; numbness countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity wordnet

Synonyms

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hypesthesianumbnessnumbness

Etymology

From hypo- + -esthesia.

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