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dysaesthesia

dysaesthesia is the alternative spelling of dysesthesia.

Meaning of dysesthesia

Noun

dysesthesia (countable and uncountable, plural dysesthesias or (rare) dysesthesiae)

  1. A condition caused by lesions of the nervous system that causes abnormal sensations such as burning, wetness, or itching.

Forms of dysaesthesia

pluraldysaesthesias

Origin of dysaesthesia

From dys- + -aesthesia.

Words formed from dysaesthesia

Questions about dysaesthesia

What is dysaesthesia the alternative spelling of?
Dysaesthesia is the alternative spelling of dysesthesia.

Words near dysaesthesia in the dictionary

  1. dysadaptation
  2. dysadaptations
  3. dysaemia
  4. dysaemic
  5. dysaerobic
  6. dysaesthesia
  7. dysaesthesia aethiopica
  8. dysaesthesias
  9. dysaesthetic
  10. dysafferentation
  11. dysanapsis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dysaesthesia (page history and authors); dysesthesia (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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