Pseudesthesia

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    An imaginary sensation felt in the absence of a stimulus. rare, uncountable

    "[…] and many hospital authorities are open to censure in that they do not attempt to employ a psychotherapist even in the most severe cases of pseudesthesia."

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phantom limbphantom limb

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"[…] and many hospital authorities are open to censure in that they do not attempt to employ a psychotherapist even in the most severe cases of pseudesthesia."

Etymology

From pseud- + -esthesia.

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