Irritative lesions of the sensory mechanism cause numbness and tingling (paræsthesia); more extensive paralytic lesions produce anæsthesia, astereognosis, loss of muscle sense, loss of pain, or inability to distinguish temperature, according to the tracts that are affected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

No astereognosis in either hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies in Forensic Psychiatry] Reference