‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; sensation, fr. &unr_; to perceive. ] (Physiol.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anæsthesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Sensuous perception. [ R. ] Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anaisqhsi`a; 'an priv. + a'i`sqhsis feeling, a'isqa`nesqai to feel: cf. F. anesthésie. See aesthetics. ] (Med.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Anaesthesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n., /mhw>, a. Same as Anæsthesia, Anæsthetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Gr. &unr_; weight + æsthesiometer. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for determining the delicacy of the sense of pressure. -- Bar`æs*the`si*o*met"ric, Bar`es*the`si*o*met"ric a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations. [ Also spelled chromaesthesia. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. koino`s common + &unr_; sensation. ] (Physiol.) Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate organs, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to depend on the ganglionic system. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. dys- ill, bad + &unr_; to perceive, to feel. ] (Med.) Impairment of any of the senses, esp. of touch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as æsthesiometer.

/mhw>, n. [ Gr. &unr_; (see Æsthesia) + -meter. ] An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hemi- + anaesthesia. ] (Med.) Anaesthesia upon one side of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + &unr_; sense, perception.] (Med. & Physiol.) A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the body, or of a part of it. -- Hy`per*æs*thet"ic a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hyperæsthesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kinei^n to move + &unr_; perception. ] (Physiol.) The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles; the sensation accompanying movement of the muscles. [ Also spelled kin`es*the"sia and kin`es*the"sis. ] Bastian. [ 1913 Webster ]

See kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, and kinaesthetic. [ PJC ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL.; para- + anæsthesia. ] (Med.) Anæsthesia of both sides of the lower half of the body. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL. See Pseudo-, and aesthesia. ] (Physiol.) False or imaginary feeling or sense perception such as occurs in hypochondriasis, or such as is referred to an organ that has been removed, as an amputated foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. [ NL. ] (Med.) Loss of power to distinguish heat or cold by touch. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]