pseudesthesia

English

Alternative forms

• pseudæsthesia
• pseudaesthesia

Etymology

From pseud- +‎ -esthesia.

Noun

pseudesthesia (uncountable)

1. (rare) An imaginary sensation felt in the absence of a stimulus.
   • 1952, Donovan Hilton Rawcliffe, The Psychology of the Occult, page 221:

     […] and many hospital authorities are open to censure in that they do not attempt to employ a psychotherapist even in the most severe cases of pseudesthesia.

Translations

imaginary sensation

French: pseudesthésie (fr) m Italian: pseudoestesia f