synesthesia

syn·es·the·sia also syn·aes·the·sia  (sns-thzh)

n.

1. A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.

2. A sensation felt in one part of the body as a result of stimulus applied to another, as in referred pain.

3. The description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another.

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synes·thetic (-thtk) adj.

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synesthesia [ˌsɪniːsˈθiːzɪə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (Psychology) the usual US spelling of synaesthesia

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

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Noun

1.

synesthesia - a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated synaesthesia 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