thermoanesthesia
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From thermo- + anesthesia.
Noun
[edit]thermoanesthesia (uncountable)
- (neurology) Loss of the ability to distinguish heat or cold by touch.
- 2012, José Biller, Practical Neurology, page 270:
- 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.