numbness

numbness

English

Etymology

From numb +‎ -ness

Noun

numbness (countable and uncountable, plural numbnesses)

1. Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
2. Inability or reduced ability to experience emotion.

Synonyms

• (medical): hypoesthesia

Translations

absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation

Czech: znecitlivění n Dutch: gevoelloosheid (nl) Finnish: tunnottomuus (fi); tutrtumus; kohme (due to cold) French: engourdissement (fr) m Greek: μούδιασμα (el) n (moúdiasma) Ancient: νάρκη f (nárkē), μάλκη f (málkē)

Hunsrik: Daabheet f, Daabheit f Latin: torpor m Latvian: stingums m, stīvums m, nejutīgums m Polish: odrętwienie n Spanish: entumecimiento (es) m Tagalog: pagkamanhid Telugu: తిమ్మిరి (te) (timmiri)

reduced ability to experience emotion

Finnish: tunteettomuus (fi) (inability); turtumus, turtuneisuus (reduced ability)