‖ dysæsthesia Path.
(dɪsɪsˈθiːsɪə)
[L., a. Gr. δυσαισθησία (Galen) insensibility, f. δυσαίσθητος insensible, f. δυσ- (dys-) + αἰσθε- to feel: cf. æsthesis, anæsthesia.]
Difficulty or derangement of sensation, or of any bodily senses; also applied to a class of diseases of which this is a symptom.
| 1706 Phillips, Dysæsthesia, a difficulty or fault in sensation. 1822–34 Good Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 210 The common technical name for the genus is dysæsthesia. 1889 Lancet 28 Dec. 1331/1 Hyperæsthesia or dysæsthesia of one or more nerves. |
So dysæsthetic (-ˈθɛtɪk), a., relating to or affected with dysæsthesia.