paresthesia

English

Alternative forms

Noun

paresthesia (countable and uncountable, plural paresthesias or paresthesiae)

A sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin, with no obvious cause.
Paresthesia occurs when a body part 'falls asleep'.

Derived terms

hemiparesthesia

Translations

sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin with no obvious cause

Chinese:
Mandarin: 感覺異常, 感觉异常 (gǎnjué yìcháng)
Czech: parestézie f
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: parestesia

French: paresthésie (fr) f
Galician: formigo (gl) m, parestesia f
Italian: parestesia (it) f
Polish: parestezja f
Portuguese: parestesia f

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