National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Dysesthesia

Synonyms

dysesthesia

Dysesthesia

Definitions

Distortion of a sense resulting in an abnormal and unpleasant sensation, usually described as burning, tingling, or numbness. Causes include lesions of the nervous system.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C28246

ALT_DEFINITION

A disorder characterized by distortion of sensory perception, resulting in an abnormal and unpleasant sensation.

A condition in which a sense, especially touch, is distorted. Dysesthesia can cause an ordinary stimulus to be unpleasant or painful. It can also cause insensitivity to a stimulus.

Distortion of any sense.

code

C28246

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C189762

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118464

Contributing_Source

MedDRA

NICHD

DEFINITION

Distortion of a sense resulting in an abnormal and unpleasant sensation, usually described as burning, tingling, or numbness. Causes include lesions of the nervous system.

FULL_SYN

dysesthesia

Dysesthesia

label

Dysesthesia

Legacy Concept Name

Dysesthesia

Maps_To

Dysesthesia

Preferred_Name

Dysesthesia

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C28246

Semantic_Type

Finding

UMLS_CUI

C0392699

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C5040

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