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hypesthesia

hypesthesia is the alternative spelling of hypoesthesia.

Meaning of hypoesthesia

Noun

hypoesthesia (countable and uncountable, plural hypoesthesias)

  1. partial loss of tactile sensation; numbness

Forms of hypesthesia

pluralhypesthesias

Origin of hypesthesia

From hyp- + -esthesia.

Words formed from hypesthesia

Questions about hypesthesia

What is hypesthesia the alternative spelling of?
Hypesthesia is the alternative spelling of hypoesthesia.

Words near hypesthesia in the dictionary

  1. hyperæsthetical
  2. hypes
  3. hypes up
  4. hypester
  5. hypesters
  6. hypesthesia
  7. hypesthesias
  8. hypesthesic
  9. hypethral
  10. hypex
  11. hypexes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypesthesia (page history and authors); hypoesthesia (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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