pseudesthesia

noun

pseudesthesia

noun

Etymology From pseud- + -esthesia.

1

Rare An imaginary sensation felt in the absence of a stimulus.

[…] 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.1952, Donovan Hilton Rawcliffe, The Psychology of the Occult, page 221:

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