allochiria means A neurological disorder in which the patient responds to stimuli presented to one side of their body as if presented at the opposite side. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Why “allochiria” is a great word
ALLOCHIRIA — [Noun] A neurological condition in which a stimulus applied to one side of the body is perceived as occurring on the opposite, symmetrical side. From the combining form allo- ("other") + Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, "hand") + the noun-forming suffix -ia. Unlike allesthesia, which denotes a sensation mislocated anywhere on the body, or neglect, which describes a profound inattention to one side of space, allochiria is a precise, ghostly transposition. It is a touch on the left cheek felt as a phantom kiss on the right, a pinprick in the right hand reported as a sting in the left, a doctor's tap on a numb knee perceived in its living twin—a quiet revelation that the brain's map of the self is drawn in shifting ink.
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- A neurological disorder in which the patient responds to stimuli presented to one side of their body as if presented at the opposite side.