synesthesia

Alternative spelling of synaesthesia.

Noun

  1. Alternative spelling of synaesthesia.
    • […] R. H. Gault's case of synesthesia in a deaf and blind girl, who could distinguish colors by the sense of smell, […] - 1926 July, Paul Campbell Young, “An Experimental Study of Mental and Physical Functions in the...
    • Because of this, SSDs are one of the first technologies to meaningfully demonstrate just what synesthesia – or at least one kind of it – might feel like to those who have never had it. - 2017 October 10, Vanessa Potter,...
    • [S]ynesthetes themselves can provide the indispensable cues to design a structured qualitative questionnaire: color synesthesias and their variations during sexual arousal, direct physical stimulation, and orgasm […]...

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English syn- English -esthesia English synesthesia From syn- + -esthesia.

Forms

synesthesias

Derived

pseudosynesthesia synesthesiac