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thermoanesthesia

thermoanesthesia noun: loss of the ability to distinguish heat or cold by touch.

Noun

thermoanesthesia (uncountable)

  1. Loss of the ability to distinguish heat or cold by touch.
    • 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.2012, José Biller, Practical Neurology, page 270

Forms of thermoanesthesia

alternative formthermoanaesthesia

Origin of thermoanesthesia

From thermo- + anesthesia.

Questions about thermoanesthesia

What does thermoanesthesia mean?
Thermoanesthesia means loss of the ability to distinguish heat or cold by touch.
What part of speech is thermoanesthesia?
Thermoanesthesia is a noun.

Words near thermoanesthesia in the dictionary

  1. thermoanalytic
  2. thermoanalytical
  3. thermoanalytically
  4. thermoanalyzer
  5. thermoanalyzers
  6. thermoanesthesia
  7. thermoanæsthesia
  8. thermobalance
  9. thermobalances
  10. thermoballing
  11. thermoballistic

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