numbness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction
  2. noun the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
    spiritlessness; apathy; indifference.

WordNet


Numb"ness noun
Definitions
  1. The condition of being numb; that state of a living body in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion.

Webster 1913