A medical condition involving a bad or perverted sense of touch; abnormal or distorted sensation in the skin.
From Greek 'kakos' (bad) and 'aesthesis' (sensation). This medical term was coined to describe disorders where the nervous system transmits incorrect or unpleasant tactile sensations to the brain.
Cacesthesia shows why understanding Greek roots matters in medicine—once you know 'kakos' means 'bad,' you can decode dozens of similar medical terms like cacophony, cacoepy, and cachexia.
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