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synaesthesia

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˌsɪn.ɪsˈθiː.ʒə/Part of speech nounSorted aaeehinssstyStarts with SEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated

Word origin

From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”), modelled after anaesthesia. It is analysable as syn- + -aesthesia.

Used in a sentence

  • […] R. H. Gault's case of synesthesia in a deaf and blind girl, who could distinguish colors by the sense of smell, […]
  • Into her darkness, a churning synaesthesia, where her pain was the taste of old iron, scent of melon, wings of a moth brushing her cheek.
  • Synaesthesia can occur particularly powerfully during mescalin and LSD intoxication, and is often given mystical significance.

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