â January 10, 2005. What you describe sounds like a common condition called peripheral neuropathy, which stems from damage to the peripheral nerves that branch out through the arms, legs, fingers and toes. The symptoms include weakness, numbness, tingling and burning or painful sensation. Peripheral neuropathy is often due to diabetes but can occur as a result of toxic trauma (such as chemotherapy) or mechanical injury, such as carpal tunnel syndrome.
semantics. 1. the study of the meaning of words. 2. the study of linguistic development by examining and classifying changes in meaning. Also called semasiology, sematology, semology. â semanticist, n. â semantic, adj.
Semantics is the study of meaning in language. It can be applied to entire texts or to single words. For example, destination and last stop technically mean the same thing, but students of semantics analyze their subtle shades of meaning. To correctly pronounce semantics â which is a singular noun even though it ends in s â accent the second syllable: suh-MAN-ticks..