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numb

1. Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold. A stony image, cold and numb.

2. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.

Origin: OE. Nume, nome, prop, seized, taken, p. P. Of nimen to take, AS. Niman, p. P. Numen. 7. See Nimble, Nomad, and cf. Benumb.


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Stomach Disconfort ??

hi i have been having discomfort 2-3 inches below my right rib, it feels like a numb sensation or very slight cramp, i have bin having constipation but i don't feel any pain whatsoever. I eat normal, but sometimes i feel a little like throwing up and i feel tired ...

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by djmeer
Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:44 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Stomach Disconfort ??
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Poisoned by antibiotics...can anyone help?

... 1500mg daily Amoxicillin after two bad dental abcesses. Approximately three weeks after finishing the course I presented at my Health Centre with numbness and tingling in the hands, forearms and backs of shoulders. I actually thought I had had some sort of stroke. I had tingling skin - a creeping ...

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by Lesley998
Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:56 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Poisoned by antibiotics...can anyone help?
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"ENOUGH"

“Don’t we hear the beseeching voices around us? Or are we just deaf and numb to what nature say – enough! ” Years have been passed, trees grow taller; animals become stronger and wilder; humans turn more intelligent; and technology into progress. Aren’t we fortunate ...

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by renedacles
Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:47 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Global Environmental Change
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Numbness

I woke up this morning with numbness throughout my entire right arm. (I think it was the way that I slept, wth my shoulder bent against the side of the couch.) But the strange thing was that I could not feel nor move any part of that arm. ...

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by Martian
Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:48 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Numbness
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Views: 5697

guess whats wrong with dr. dugmore!!!! he he he

(Neuropathy). That sounds rather unpleasant. Saying that, the left side of my chest is vaguely numb since surgery years ago and it's nothing but fun! its not fun. he stepped on a razor blade in the bathroom one morning and didn't feel it. He put his sock on and everything. ...

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by ecsezandohs
Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:26 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: guess whats wrong with dr. dugmore!!!! he he he
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