- tactile hyperesthesia
- a paraphia consisting of excessive sensitivity of the sense of touch; called also hyperaphia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
tactile hyperesthesia
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Hyperesthesia — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 30788 ICD10 = ICD10|R|20|3|r|20 ICD9 = ICD9|782.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D006941 Hyperesthesia (or Hyperaesthesia) is a condition that involves… … Wikipedia
hyperesthesia — Abnormal acuteness of sensitivity to touch, pain, or other sensory stimuli. [hyper + G. aisthesis, sensation] auditory h. SYN: hyperacusis. cervical h. the hypersensitivity of teeth in the … Medical dictionary
hyperaphia — Extreme sensitivity to touch. SYN: oxyaphia, tactile hyperesthesia. [hyper + G. haphe, touch] * * * hy·per·aphia (hi″pər aґfe ə) tactile hyperesthesia. hyperaphic adj … Medical dictionary
haphalgesia — Pain or an extremely disagreeable sensation caused by the merest touch. SYN: Pitres sign (1). [G. haphe, touch, + algesis, sense of pain] * * * haph·al·ge·sia .haf əl jē zhə, z(h)ē ə n pain upon physical contact with something which does not usu … Medical dictionary
hemihyperesthesia — Hyperesthesia, or increased tactile and painful sensibility, affecting one side of the body. * * * hemi·hy·per·es·the·sia (hem″e hi″pər es theґzhə) [hemi + hyperesthesia] hyperesthesia on one side of the body … Medical dictionary
nervous system disease — Introduction any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… … Universalium
hypoesthesia — noun partial loss of tactile sensation; numbness See Also: hyperesthesia, hyperaesthesia … Wiktionary
