Thermoanesthesia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Loss of the ability to distinguish heat or cold by touch. uncountable

    "Abrupt onset of hypalgesia and thermoanesthesia over the entire half of the face accompanied by hypalgesia and thermoanesthesia over the contralateral half of the trunk and extremities indicates involvement of the lateral medulla."

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"Abrupt onset of hypalgesia and thermoanesthesia over the entire half of the face accompanied by hypalgesia and thermoanesthesia over the contralateral half of the trunk and extremities indicates involvement of the lateral medulla."

Etymology

From thermo- + anesthesia.

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