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Numbness vs Anesthesia - What's the difference?

numbness | anesthesia |

As a noun numbness

is absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.

As a verb anesthesia is

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numbness

English

Noun

(-)
  • Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
  • Inability or reduced ability to experience emotion.

    • Synonyms

    * (medical) hypesthesia

    anesthesia

    English

    (wikipedia anesthesia)

    Alternative forms

    * anaesthesia (alternate spelling)

    Noun

  • (medicine) A method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain.
  • The loss or prevention of pain, as caused by anesthesia.

    • Related terms

    () * anesthetize * anesthetics * anesthesiology * anesthesiologist