paresthesia.

An unusual skin sensation, such as tingling or prickling, without an appropriate external cause.

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• hand paresthesia

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Paresthesia spread through her fingers.

The numb patch gave way to paresthesia.

Usage notes

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