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numbness

numbness

19 4.6
Loss of feeling in a body part often caused by cold, pressure, or nerve damage
  • noun
  • /ˈnʌm.nəs/
translation icon : entumecimiento
  • You feeling any numbness at all?
  • numbness and tingling
  • facial numbness
  • numbness or paresthesia

So this means that only active pain nerves are blocked without causing numbness or paralysis.

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Examples

  • I have numbness in this pinky all the time and it tingles and goes all the way up to here.

  • But nothing happened, and when he shifted his weight, the numbness departed.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Are you feeling any numbness or pain?

  • Says it started with the numbness in his hands and then spread.

  • Is there any sensation in this arm, or numbness in the left hand?

  • Then I felt a numbness, followed by a sharp pain from my left ear.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I can't tell which is better, the pain or the numbness.

  • For cold hands and feet with tingling or numbness, try wearing some warm socks and gloves, especially in colder weather.

  • The creeping began as a numbness in the fingers and toes that crept upward over several months.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The patient reported numbness and tingling in his fingers after sitting in one position for too long.

Synonyms

anesthesia
vsnumbness
  • Specialized
76 4.5

Treatment that makes part or all of the body stop feeling pain, sometimes making you sleep

is a natural or local reduction of sensation caused by damage cold or pressure
paresthesia
vsnumbness
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A feeling of tingling, prickling, burning, or numbness in the skin

is a loss or reduction of feeling rather than abnormal skin sensations

Antonyms

580 1.0

A physical sensation you notice through touch or inside your body

sensitivity
  • Specialized
15 4.2

The body's ability to feel things like touch or light

How Numb

anesthesia
  • Specialized
76 4.5
numbness
19 4.6
dullness
2.3
tingling
22 3.4

Surface Forms

numbness singular
numbnesses plural

Morphology

numbness = numb (transparent) = numb + ness

A direct nominalization of the adjective 'numb' using the productive suffix '-ness' to indicate the state of lacking physical sensation.

Etymology

Numbness comes from the old word numb, which meant 'without feeling'. So numbness is the state of having little or no physical feeling in a part of the body.