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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006 Dec;64(12):1751–1760. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.11.100

Table 3.

LIST OF WORDS TO DESCRIBE ALTERED SENSATIONS

Numb Tickling Tingling Twitching Wet Rubbery
Cool Warm Stretched Swollen Wooden Crawling
Vibrating Drawing Pulling Itching Prickling Stinging
Electric Cold Hot Tender Sore Painful
Burning Shocking Excruciating

NOTE. Data from Zuniga and Essick.24