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the body's polite way of refusing to feel what it can't handle yet
cold trickNumbness from cold slows nerve signals to a crawl
dental originLidocaine blocks sodium channels so pain never reports in
phantom feelingA numb limb still buzzes with misfiring ghost signals
word rootFrom Old English 'nimen,' meaning taken or seized
emotional versionThe brain dulls feeling to survive overwhelming stress