http://trellia-chan.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] trellia-chan.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2015-01-22 12:58 am

Wednesday word: Paraphia

(Not to be confused with paraphilia as google was so determined to do!)

Paraphia: [pa·ra·phia]

Noun:  In medical terminology, any disorder of the sense of touch.  Also called parapsia. A blanket term for any number of things that could be wrong.

Etymology: Greek.  para, apart from or against + haphÄ“, touch

[identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com 2015-01-22 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
So could include numbness and tactile hallucinations?

---L.