synaesthesia

syn·aes·the·sia  (sns-thzh)

n.

Variant of synesthesia.

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synaesthesia US, synesthesia [ˌsɪniːsˈθiːzɪə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) Physiol a sensation experienced in a part of the body other than the part stimulated

2. (Psychology) Psychol the subjective sensation of a sense other than the one being stimulated. For example, a sound may evoke sensations of colour

[from New Latin, from syn- + -esthesia, from Greek aisthēsis sensation]

synaesthetic  US, synesthetic [ˌsɪniːsˈθɛtɪk] adj

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synesthesia, synaesthesia

Medicine. a secondary sensation accompanying an actual perception, as the perceiving of sound as a color or the sensation of being touched in a place at some distance from the actual place of touching. Cf. chromesthesia. — synesthetic, synaesthetic, adj.

See also: Perception

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

synaesthesia - a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated synesthesia aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression - an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch" chromaesthesia, chromesthesia - a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations

Translations

synaesthesia synesthesia (US) [ˌsɪnəsˈθiːzɪə] N → sinestesia f

synaesthesia, (US) synesthesia

n no pl → Synästhesie f