The appreciation of vibration, a form of pressure sense; most acute when a vibrating tuning fork is applied over a bony prominence. SYN: bone sensibility, pallesthetic sensibility, vibratory sensibility. [G. pallo, to quiver, + aisthesis, sensation]
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pall·es·the·sia or Brit pall·aes·the·sia .pal-es-'thē-zh(ē-)ə n awareness or perception of vibration esp. as transmitted through skin and bones
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pall·es·the·sia (pal″es-theґzhə) [Gr. pallein to shake + esthesia] the ability to feel mechanical vibrations on or near the body, such as when a vibrating tuning fork is placed over a bony prominence. Called also vibration sense. pallesthetic adjMedical dictionary. 2011.