Another word for numbness

numbness Synonyms

numbness

deadness, anesthesia, stupefaction, dullness, insensitivity, insensibility, paralysis, loss of motion, loss of sensation.

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Gradually the numbness gave way to pain.
There is a sensation of burning, tingling and numbness in the mouth, and of burning in the abdomen.
When put to the lip, the juice of the aconite root produces a feeling of numbness and tingling.
The best method of application is by rubbing in a small quantity of the aconitine ointment until numbness is felt, but the costliness of this preparation causes the use of the aconite liniment to be commonly resorted to.
But sooner or later peripheral neuritis develops, usually beginning with sensory disturbances, tingling, numbness, formication and occasionally cutaneous anaesthesia.

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