Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemianesthesia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemi-anes-the-sia
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The inability to feel sensations from touch on one side of the body.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- English anesthesia English hemianesthesia From hemi- + anesthesia.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

hemianaesthesia (alternative, Commonwealth) hemianæsthesia (alternative, dated)

Synonyms

unilateral anesthesia

Questions

What does hemianesthesia mean?: The inability to feel sensations from touch on one side of the body.
Where does hemianesthesia come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- English anesthesia English hemianesthesia From hemi- + anesthesia.

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