Synesthesia
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated wordnet
Example
More examples"[…] R. H. Gault's case of synesthesia in a deaf and blind girl, who could distinguish colors by the sense of smell, […]"
Etymology
From syn- + -esthesia.