| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class III. Words Relating to Matter | | Section III. Organic Matter | | 2. Sensation |
| 2. Special Sensation |
| (1) Touch |
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| 381. [Insensibility to Touch.] Numbness. |
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| NOUN: | NUMBNESS (physical insensibility) [See Physical Insensibility]; anæsthesia or anesthesia, narcosis, narcotization; pins and needles [colloq.].
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| VERB: | BENUMB [See Physical Insensibility]; stupefy, narcotize, drug, deaden, paralyze.
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| ADJECTIVE: | NUMB; benumbed &c. v.; insensible, unfeeling, anæsthetic or anesthetic, deadened; intangible, impalpable; dazed, dazy [rare], comatose, torporific, narcotic, carotic.
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