thermaesthesia

[thurm-is-thee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh]

noun

thermesthesia.

thermesthesia

or therm·aes·the·sia

[thurm-is-thee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh]

noun Pathology.

ability to perceive or sense cold or heat; sensitiveness to heat.

Origin of thermesthesia

therm- + esthesia

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British Dictionary definitions for thermaesthesia

thermaesthesia

US thermesthesia

noun

sensitivity to various degrees of heat and cold

Word Origin for thermaesthesia

C19: from New Latin, from therm- + Greek aisthēsis feeling

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thermaesthesia in Medicine

thermesthesia

[thûrm′ĭs-thē′zhə]

n.

thermoesthesia