numbness

English

Etymology

From numb +‎ -ness

Noun

numbness (countable and uncountable, plural numbnesses)

Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
Inability or reduced ability to experience emotion.

Synonyms

(medical): hypoesthesia

Translations

absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation

Czech: znecitlivění n
Dutch: gevoelloosheid (nl)
Finnish: tunnottomuus (fi); tutrtumus; kohme (due to cold)
French: engourdissement (fr) m
Greek: μούδιασμα (el) n (moúdiasma)
Ancient: νάρκη f (nárkē), μάλκη f (málkē)

Hunsrik: Daabheet f, Daabheit f
Latin: torpor m
Latvian: stingums m, stīvums m, nejutīgums m
Polish: odrętwienie n
Spanish: entumecimiento (es) m
Tagalog: pagkamanhid
Telugu: తిమ్మిరి (te) (timmiri)

reduced ability to experience emotion

Finnish: tunteettomuus (fi) (inability); turtumus, turtuneisuus (reduced ability)

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