dysesthesia.

An abnormal bodily sensation that is unpleasant, whether spontaneous or triggered by touch.

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• painful dysesthesia

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Light contact provoked dysesthesia.

The injury left a patch of dysesthesia.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural dysesthesias for episodes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.