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Obdormition (; from Latin obdormire "to fall asleep") is a medical term describing numbness in a limb, often caused by constant pressure on nerves or lack of movement.[1] This is colloquially referred to as the limb "going to sleep" and is usually followed by paresthesia, colloquially called "pins and needles".
References
- ^ Sharif-Alhoseini, Mahdi; Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa; Vaccaro, Alexander R. (2012). "Underlying causes of paresthesia". In Imbelloni, Luiz E.; Gouveia, Marildo A. (eds.). Paresthesia. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech. pp. 71–90. ISBN 978-953-51-0085-0 – via Google Scholar.
Obdormition is a numbness caused by prolonged pressure on a nerve, such as when a leg falls asleep if the legs are crossed for a prolonged period.
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