Taber's Medical Dictionary
polyesthesia
(pŏl″ē-ĕs-thē′zē-ă )
[″ + aisthesis, sensation]
An abnormal sensation of touch in which a single stimulus is felt at two or more places.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Polyesthesia." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732105/all/polyesthesia.
Polyesthesia. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732105/all/polyesthesia. Accessed October 23, 2026.
Polyesthesia. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732105/all/polyesthesia
Polyesthesia [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 October 23]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732105/all/polyesthesia.
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