Find over 25,000 psychological definitions


acroparesthesia

n. a feeling of numbness, tingling, or other abnormal sensation in one or more extremities. Kinds of acroparesthesia include Nothnagel’s acroparesthesia, which is accompanied by circulatory disorders, and Schultze’s acroparesthesia, marked by peripheral-nerve irritability but without circulatory abnormalities.

Browse dictionary by letter

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Psychology term of the day

May 9th 2024

slow-wave sleep

slow-wave sleep

deep sleep that is characterized by increasing percentages of particular types of delta waves on the electroencephalogram, corresponding to Stages 3 and 4 of NREM sleep. See also sleep stages.