sensory experience dysesthesia 2026-07-01T17:55:31Z http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0012534 An unpleasant abnormal sensory experience, whether spontaneous or evoked. http://snomed.info/id/279079003 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C28246 dysesthesia (PAIN) An unpleasant abnormal sensation, whether spontaneous or evoked. Note: Compare with pain and with paresthesia. Special cases of dysesthesia include hyperalgesia and allodynia. A dysesthesia should always be unpleasant and a paresthesia should not be unpleasant, although it is recognized that the borderline may present some difficulties when it comes to deciding as to whether a sensation is pleasant or unpleasant. It should always be specified whether the sensations are spontaneous or evoked. See entry in https://www.iasp-pain.org/resources/terminology. Bill Duncan