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body percept

the mental image one forms of the physical characteristics of one’s own body, that is, whether one is slim or stocky, strong or weak, attractive or unattractive, tall or short. Compare body concept; body concept. See body image.

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December 25th 2024

acroparesthesia

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.