đối cảm

Definition

1. Noun (Medical Term):
   • Allochiria / Allesthesia: A neurological condition in which a sensory stimulus (such as touch, pain, or warmth) applied to one side of the body is perceived as occurring on the corresponding opposite side. It is often associated with lesions in the brain's parietal lobe.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bệnh nhân bị đột quỵ có thể trải qua hiện tượng đối cảm. (Stroke patients may experience allochiria.)
  • Đối cảm là một triệu chứng thần kinh hiếm gặp. (Allochiria is a rare neurological symptom.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is highly specialized and used almost exclusively in clinical, neurological, or academic medical contexts to describe a specific sensory dysfunction.

Variants and Related Words

• Dị cảm (n): Paresthesia (an abnormal sensation, such as tingling or numbness).
• Ảo giác (n): Hallucination (a perception in the absence of an external stimulus).
• Rối loạn cảm giác (n): Sensory disorder.

Synonyms

• Allochiria (primary medical synonym).
• Allesthesia (alternative medical term).

Related Medical Concepts

• Sensory neglect: A condition where a patient fails to attend to sensory stimuli on one side of the body, which can sometimes co-occur with or be related to allochiria.
• Parietal lobe lesion: The typical brain area damage associated with this condition.