numbness

Roget category 381

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#381. [insensibility to touch.] Numbness

noun

numbness etc. (physical insensibility) 376 — anaesthesia — pins and needles.

verb

benumb etc. 376.

adjective

numb — benumbed etc. v. — deadened — intangible, impalpable.
(2) Heat

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