numbness
noun/ˈnʌmnəs/
/ˈnʌmnəs/
[uncountable]- a lack of feeling in a part of your body, for example because of cold
- pain and numbness in my fingers
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- the fact of being unable to feel, think or react in the normal way
- He was still in a state of numbness and shock from the accident.
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