HYPOESTHESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypoesthesia mean? 

• HYPOESTHESIA (noun)
  The noun HYPOESTHESIA has 1 sense:

1. impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity

  Familiarity information: HYPOESTHESIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOESTHESIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hypesthesia; hypoesthesia

Hypernyms ("hypoesthesia" is a kind of...):

disability; disablement; handicap; impairment (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)