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MEDYMOLOGY
ARBOR VITAE FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
Synaesthesia
Etymology:
Definition:
Gr. sún: “with” + Gr. aísthēsis: “sensation”
1) A neurological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation.
2) The association of one sensory perception with, or description of it in terms of, a different perception that is not experienced at the same time
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