Cenesthopathy

//ˌsiːnəsˈθɒpəθi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Disordered cenesthesia; a psychopathological symptom characterised by generalised abnormal sensations in the body.

Etymology

First attested 1907, borrowed from French cénestopathie, coined by Ernest Dupré and Paul Camus, from Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) + αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “perception from the senses”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering, misery, condition”).

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