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anaphia

anaphia noun: tactile anesthesia; the total or partial absence of the sense of touch.

Noun

anaphia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Tactile anesthesia; the total or partial absence of the sense of touch.
    • Anaphia is the total or partial absence of the sense of touch. For research on tactile technologies and feedback, participants with anaphia can have a negative impact on potentially positive results.2017, Fei Tang, Ryan P. McMahan, Eric D. Ragan, Tandra T. Allen, “Subjective Evaluation of Tactile Fidelity for Single-Finger and Whole-Hand Touch Gestures”, in Jessie Chen, Stephanie Lackey...

anaphia meaning in Tamil and Kannada

anaphia in Tamil

தொடுஉணர்ச்சி இழப்பு, குறை தொடுஉணர்வு

anaphia in Kannada

ಮುಟ್ಟರಿವುಕೊರೆ

Origin of anaphia

From an- (“not”) + Ancient Greek ἁφή (haphḗ, “sense of touch”) + -ia. Or perhaps directly from Ancient Greek ἀναφής (anaphḗs, “impalpable”). For the middle element, compare haptic.

Questions about anaphia

What does anaphia mean?
Anaphia means tactile anesthesia; the total or partial absence of the sense of touch.
What is anaphia in Tamil?
Anaphia in Tamil is தொடுஉணர்ச்சி இழப்பு, குறை தொடுஉணர்வு. See Anaphia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anaphia?
Anaphia is a noun.

Words near anaphia in the dictionary

  1. anaphase-promoting complexes
  2. anaphases
  3. anaphasic
  4. anaphasis
  5. anapheline
  6. anaphia
  7. anaphone
  8. anaphones
  9. anaphonesis
  10. anaphor
  11. anaphora

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anaphia (page history and authors); anaphia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anaphia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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