Numbness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Numbness \Numb"ness\, n.
     The condition of being numb; that state of a living body in
     which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or
     motion.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  numbness
       n : partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a
           symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "numbness":
     acedia, aloofness, analgesia, anesthesia, apathy, ataraxia,
     ataraxy, benumbedness, blah, blahs, callousness, comatoseness,
     deadness, detachment, disinterest, dispassion, dullness,
     electronarcosis, heartlessness, hebetude, hopelessness,
     impassibility, imperception, imperceptiveness, imperceptivity,
     impercipience, inappetence, inconsiderateness, indifference,
     insensibility, insensibleness, insensitiveness, insensitivity,
     insentience, insouciance, lack of appetite, languidness,
     lethargicalness, lethargy, listlessness, narcosis, narcotization,
     nonchalance, obtuseness, passiveness, passivity, phlegm,
     phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, pins and needles, plucklessness,
     resignation, resignedness, sloth, sluggishness, sopor,
     soporifousness, spiritlessness, spunklessness, stupefaction,
     stupor, supineness, thick skin, torpidity, torpidness, torpor,
     unconcern, unfeeling, unfeelingness, unperceptiveness,
     withdrawnness