paresthesia

also n.
A skin sensation, such as burning, prickling, itching, or tingling, with no apparent physical cause.

[New Latin paraesthēsia : PAR(A)-¹ + Greek aisthēsis, feeling; see anesthesia.]

paresthetic par'es·thet'ic (-thĕt'ĭk) adj.

(per′es-thē′zē-ə, -zhə)
n

An altered sensation reported by the patient in an area where the sensory nerve has been afflicted by a disease or an injury. The patient may report burning, prickling, formication, or other sensations.

An abnormal tingling sensation, often described as ‘pins and needles’. It is a symptom of partial damage of a peripheral nerve (e.g. from a head or spinal injury) or lack of blood supply to a nerve. It can be caused by an external pressure of a bone on a nerve, for example as a result of a dislocation.

Morbid or perverted sensation; an abnormal sensation, as burning, prickling, formication, etc. Difficult to define in animals because of its subjectivity. Sensations which give rise to itching or rubbing in animals are probably best classified as pruritus.