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ALLODYNIA [1 record]

Record 1 2024-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
DEF

The physical pain triggered by a stimulus that does not normally cause pain.

CONT

It is important to recognize that allodynia involves a change in the quality of a sensation, whether tactile, thermal, or of any other sort. The original modality is normally nonpainful, but the response is painful. There is thus a loss of specificity of a sensory modality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Douleur physique déclenchée par une stimulation normalement non douloureuse.

Spanish

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