Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
fǿlelsesforfladigelse
English translation:
pain insensitivity
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Nicole Paul
Mar 10, 2004 15:59
20 yrs ago
Danish term
fǿlelsesforfladigelse
Danish to English
Medical
Medical: Pharmaceuticals
Pharmacology
listed as an adverse effect of zolpidem, a sleep aid
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4 +1 | pain insensitivity | Suzanne Blangsted (X) |
4 | affective flattening | Anna Haxen |
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pain insensitivity
1. Pert. to sleep or hypnosis. 2. An agent that causes an insensitivity to pain by inhibiting afferent impulses or by inhibiting the reception of sensory impressions in the cortical centers of the brain, thus causing partial or complete unconsciousness.Hypnotics include sedatives, analgesics, anesthetics, and intoxicants, and are sometimes called somnifacients and soporifics when used to induce sleep
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affective flattening
Apparently also a symptom of schizofrenia - please see links.
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