paraphia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From para- + Ancient Greek ἁφή (haphḗ, “touch”) + -ia.
Noun[edit]
paraphia (uncountable)
- (pathology, rare) parapsis; a disorder of the sense of touch
- 1856, Alvan Edmond Small, C. E. Toothaker, Diseases of the nervous system, page 53:
- Paraphia, or perversion of the sense of touch, may be so manifest as to convey constantly, erroneous impressions in regard to shape, size, consistence, weight and temperature of bodies.