SYNAESTHESIA


Meaning of SYNAESTHESIA in English

n. (US synesthesia)

1. Psychol. the production of a mental sense-impression relating to one sense by the stimulation of another sense.

2 a sensation produced in a part of the body by stimulation of another part.

Derivatives:

synaesthetic adj.

Etymology: mod.L f. SYN- after anaesthesia

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.