Terminology Describing Common Sensory Impairments

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Abarognosis

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Inability to recognize weight

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Allesthesia

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Sensation experienced at a site remote from point of simulation

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Allodynia

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Pain produced by a non- noxious stimulus

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Analgesia

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Complete loss of pain sensitivity

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Asterognosis

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Inability to recognize the form and shape of objects by touch (synonym: tactile agnosia)

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Atopognosia

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Inability to localize a sensation

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Causalgia

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Painful, burning sensation, usually along the distribution of a nerve

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Dysesthesia

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Touch sensation experienced as pain

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Hypalgesia

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Decreased sensitivity to pain

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Hyperalgesia

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Increased sensitivity to pain

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Hyperesthesia

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Increased sensitivity to sensory stimuli

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Hypesthesia

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Decreased sensitivity to sensory stimuli

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Pallanesthesia

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Loss or absence of sensibility to vibration

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Paresthesia

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Abnormal sensation such as numbness, prickling, or tingling , without apparent cause

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Thalamic syndrome

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Vascular lesion of the thalamus resulting in sensory disturbances and partial or complete paralysis of one side of the body, associated with severe, boring- type pain; sensory stimuli may produce an exaggerated, prolonged, or painful response

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Thermanalgesia

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Inability to perceive heat

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Thermanalgesia

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Inability to perceive sensations of heat and cold

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Thermahyperesthesia

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Increased sensitivity to temperature

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Thermhypesthesia

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Decreased temperature sensibility

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Thigmanesthesia

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Loss of light touch sensibilty