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paranesthesia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
paranes-the-sia
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

anesthesia of both sides of the lower half of the body

Uncountable

Etymology

From par- + anesthesia. By surface analysis, par- + an- + esthesia.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

paranaesthesia (alternative, Commonwealth) paranæsthesia (alternative, dated)

Questions

What does paranesthesia mean?
anesthesia of both sides of the lower half of the body
Where does paranesthesia come from?
From par- + anesthesia. By surface analysis, par- + an- + esthesia.

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