Re : Psychiatry-speak.

Can anyone tell me what "coenaesthetic" means? Isn't it the same as "kinaesthetic" ?

And what does "dysaesthesias" mean?

(From here)

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Sentence:

The case of a 28-year-old woman with paranoid schizophrenia is reported who presented with erotomania and who had injured her external genitals in an attempt to stop coenaesthetic dysaesthesias.

In an attempt to stop what? Abnormalities in her perceptions of her body is the best I can do without a dictionary definition.

> without a dictionary

well, I can't do it without a dictionary, but:

(from dictionary.com)

cen·es·the·sia
Variant: or chiefly British coen·aes·the·sia /"sE-n&s-'thE-zh&/
Function: noun
: the general feeling of inhabiting one's body that arises from multiple stimuli from various bodily organs —cen·es·thet·ic or chiefly British coen·aes·thet·ic /-'thet-ik/ adjective

and

dys·es·the·sia
Variant: or chiefly British dys·aes·the·sia /"dis-es-'thE-zh(E-)&/
Function: noun
: impairment of sensitivity especially to touch —dys·es·thet·ic or chiefly British dys·aes·thet·ic /-'thet-ik/ adjective