allochiria

allochiria
al·lo·chi·ria also al·lo·chei·ria .al-ə-'kir-ē-ə n a condition associated with a central nervous lesion in which sensation is referred to a locus on the side of the body opposite to the place on which the skin is stimulated

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al·lo·chi·ria (al″o-kiґre-ə) [allo- + chir- + -ia] dyschiria in which, if one extremity is stimulated, the sensation is referred to the opposite side; called also allocheiria. allochiral adj

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