Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paraesthesia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: paraes-the-sia
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of paresthesia.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English par- English -aesthesia English paraesthesia From par- + -aesthesia.

Usage

Inflected Forms

paraesthesias (plural)

Derived Forms

acroparaesthesia

Synonyms

paresthesia

Questions

What does paraesthesia mean?: Alternative spelling of paresthesia.
Where does paraesthesia come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English par- English -aesthesia English paraesthesia From par- + -aesthesia.

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