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Noun

1. 1
   Alternative spelling of synaesthesia. US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

   "[…] R. H. Gault's case of synesthesia in a deaf and blind girl, who could distinguish colors by the sense of smell, […]"

2. 2
   a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated wordnet

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associationhearingidentificationsensessightsixth sense

Example

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"Synesthesia is a fascinating neurological condition."

Etymology

From syn- + -esthesia.

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