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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DYSAESTHESIA

Dys `æs *the "si *a, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Med. )

Defn: Impairment of any of the senses, esp. of touch.

New American Oxford Dictionary

dysaesthesia

dysaesthesia |dɪsɪsˈθiːzɪə |(US dysesthesia ) ▶noun ( pl. dysaesthesiae |-zɪiː | or dysaesthesias ) Medicine an abnormal unpleasant sensation felt when touched, caused by damage to peripheral nerves. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek dusaisthēsia, from dys- ‘bad ’ + aisthēsis ‘sensation ’ + -ia 1 .

Oxford Dictionary

dysaesthesia

dysaesthesia |dɪsɪsˈθiːzɪə |(US dysesthesia ) ▶noun ( pl. dysaesthesiae |-zɪiː | or dysaesthesias ) Medicine an abnormal unpleasant sensation felt when touched, caused by damage to peripheral nerves. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek dusaisthēsia, from dys- ‘bad ’ + aisthēsis ‘sensation ’ + -ia 1 .