hemianesthesia

hemianesthesia
The inability to feel sensations from touch on one side of the body. Also called unilateral anesthesia.

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  • hemianesthesia — Anesthesia on one side of the body. SYN: unilateral anesthesia. alternate h. h. affecting the head on one side and the body and extremities on the other side. SYN: crossed h.. crossed h. SYN: alternate h.. * * * hemi·an·es·the·sia or chiefly Brit …   Medical dictionary

  • hemianesthesia — hemi·anesthesia …   English syllables

  • hemianesthesia — “+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from hemi (I) + anesthesia : loss of sensation in either lateral half of the body …   Useful english dictionary

  • cerebral hemianesthesia — hemianesthesia due to lesion of the internal capsule of the lenticular nucleus …   Medical dictionary

  • spinal hemianesthesia — hemianesthesia due to a lesion of the spinal cord …   Medical dictionary

  • hemianesthesia cruciata — loss of sensation on one side of the face with contralateral loss of pain and temperature sense on the body, resulting from a lateral lesion in the pons or medulla, affecting both the sensory root of the trigeminal nerve and the spinothalamic… …   Medical dictionary

  • mesocephalic hemianesthesia — pontile hemianesthesia hemianesthesia due to disease of the pons …   Medical dictionary

  • alternate hemianesthesia — h. cruciata …   Medical dictionary

  • crossed hemianesthesia — h. cruciata …   Medical dictionary

  • unilateral anesthesia — hemianesthesia …   Medical dictionary

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