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PARESTHESIAS

"PARESTHESIAS" is a plural of: paresthesia.

"PARESTHESIAS" is a common misspelling or typo for: parentheses, parenthesis, prosthesis.


Specialty Definition: PARESTHESIAS

DomainDefinition

Health

Abnormal touch sensations, such as burning or prickling, that occur without an outside stimulus. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: PARESTHESIAS

Specialty definitions using "PARESTHESIAS": cervical vertigo syndromevertebral artery compression. (references)

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Photo Album: PARESTHESIAS

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This image shows severe demyelinization of the posterior columns of the spinal cord due to long-standing syphilis disease. This can result in a staggering, wide-based gait, postural instability, pain and paresthesias; Myelin stain; magnification 450X. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: PARESTHESIAS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Possible side effects of these therapies include paresthesias (tingling sensations), dizziness, and seizures. (references)

Initial symptoms usually include localized lower back pain, sudden paresthesias (abnormal sensations such as burning, tickling, pricking, or tingling) in the legs, sensory loss, and paraparesis (partial paralysis of the legs). (references)

Symptoms such as neck pain may be present directly after the injury or may be delayed for several days. In addition to neck pain, other symptoms may include neck stiffness, injuries to the muscles and ligaments (myofascial injuries), headache, dizziness, abnormal sensations such as burning or prickling (paresthesias), or shoulder or back pain. In addition, some people experience cognitive, somatic, or psychological conditions such as memory loss, concentration impairment, nervousness/irritability, sleep disturbances, fatigue, or depression. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PARESTHESIAS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

paresthesias

36

brain paresthesias tumor

2

hand paresthesias

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: PARESTHESIAS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-h-i-p-r-s-s-s-t"

-1 letter: paresthesia.

-2 letters: aphaeresis.

-3 letters: apheresis, asperates, aspirates, earthpeas, epistases, esthesias, parasites, pessaries, pharisees, priestess, satrapies, separates, spheriest, starships, therapies.

-4 letters: apathies, asperate, asperses, aspirate, assister, asterias, atresias, earthpea, epitases, esthesia, esthesis, harasses, harpists, hearties, heisters, hessites, hetaeras, hetairas, hipsters, parasite, parietes, parishes, pastises, pastries, perishes, persists, pharisee, piasters, piastres, preheats, raspiest, repasses, reshapes, respites.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-h-i-p-r-s-s-s-t"
 

+1 letter: paraesthesias.

 

+3 letters: headmasterships, hyperaesthesias.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PARESTHESIAS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 41 52 45 53 54 48 45 53 49 41 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01000001 01010010 01000101 01010011 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010011 01001001 01000001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#65 &#82 &#69 &#83 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#83 &#73 &#65 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0041 0052 0045 0053 0054 0048 0045 0053 0049 0041 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

503552395354423953433553

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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