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词汇 hypaesthesia
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Definition of hypaesthesia in English:

hypaesthesia

(US hypesthesia)
noun ˌhʌɪpɛsˈθiːzɪəˌhʌɪpiːsˈθiːzɪəˌhīpəs-
mass noun
  • A diminished capacity for physical sensation, especially of the skin.

    (尤指皮肤)感觉减退, 感觉迟钝

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Typical symptoms are pain, paresthesia, hypesthesia, or numbness in the median nerve distribution of the hand.
    • Individuals with autonomic neuropathy also may experience paresthesia, allodynia and hypesthesia.
    • Axillary nerve injury is most common and is associated with decreased active contraction of the deltoid muscle and hypesthesia over deltoid.

Derivatives

  • hypaesthetic

  • adjectiveˌhʌɪpɛsˈθɛtɪkˌhʌɪpiːsˈθɛtɪk
    • Lesions of tuberculoid leprosy are anesthetic or hypesthetic; patients lose the ability to distinguish heat and cold.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If the corneal sensitivity gets to the point where the patient becomes hypesthetic, a neurotrophic ulcer develops.
      • The [petitioner] is hypesthetic on the dorsal aspect of the small finger and the ulnar half of the ring finger.
      • The next day she was unable to overhand serve and the following day she awoke with a swollen, discolored, hypesthetic right upper extremity.
      • In soles of the feet, considered to be an- or hypaesthetic, some residual pain sensation could occasionally be detected.

Origin

Late 19th century: from hypo- 'below' + Greek aisthēsis 'sensation'.

Definition of hypesthesia in US English:

hypesthesia

(British hypaesthesia)
nounˌhīpəs-
  • A diminished capacity for physical sensation, especially of the skin.

    (尤指皮肤)感觉减退, 感觉迟钝

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Typical symptoms are pain, paresthesia, hypesthesia, or numbness in the median nerve distribution of the hand.
    • Axillary nerve injury is most common and is associated with decreased active contraction of the deltoid muscle and hypesthesia over deltoid.
    • Individuals with autonomic neuropathy also may experience paresthesia, allodynia and hypesthesia.

Origin

Late 19th century: from hypo- ‘below’ + Greek aisthēsis ‘sensation’.

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