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pseudesthesia

pseudesthesia noun: an imaginary sensation felt in the absence of a stimulus.

Noun

pseudesthesia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) An imaginary sensation felt in the absence of a stimulus.
    • […] 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.1952, Donovan Hilton Rawcliffe, The Psychology of the Occult, page 221

Forms of pseudesthesia

alternative formpseudæsthesia
alternative formpseudaesthesia

Origin of pseudesthesia

From pseud- + -esthesia.

Questions about pseudesthesia

What does pseudesthesia mean?
Pseudesthesia means an imaginary sensation felt in the absence of a stimulus.
What part of speech is pseudesthesia?
Pseudesthesia is a noun.

Words near pseudesthesia in the dictionary

  1. pseudepigraphy
  2. pseudergate
  3. pseudergates
  4. pseuderies
  5. pseudery
  6. pseudesthesia
  7. pseudeurotiaceous
  8. pseudimago
  9. pseudimagoes
  10. pseudimagos
  11. pseudish

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