Loss of the temperature sense or of the ability to distinguish between heat and cold; insensibility to heat or to temperature changes. SYN: thermanalgesia, thermanesthesia, thermoanalgesia. [thermo- + G. an- priv. + aisthesis, sensation]
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ther·mo·an·es·the·sia (thur″mo-an″es-theґzhə) [thermo- + anesthesia] inability to recognize sensations of heat and cold; loss or lack of temperature sense. Called also thermanalgesia, thermoanalgesia, thermanesthesia, and thermal anesthesia.Medical dictionary. 2011.