Medical term:

Synesthesia

synesthesia

[sin″es-the´zhah]

a secondary sensation accompanying an actual perception; the experiencing of a sensation in one place, due to stimulation applied to another place; also, the condition in which a stimulus of one sense is perceived as sensation of a different sense, as when a sound produces a sensation of color.

syn·es·the·si·a

(sin'es-thē'zē-ă),

1. A condition in which a stimulus, in addition to exciting the usual and normally located sensation, gives rise to a subjective sensation of different character or localization; for example, color hearing, color taste.

2. From a neurolinguistic perspective, stimulus-response conditioning such as seen in a phobia.

[syn- + G. aisthēsis, sensation]

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synesthesia

also

synaesthesia

(sĭn′ĭs-thē′zhə)

1. A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.

2. A sensation felt in one part of the body as a result of stimulus applied to another, as in referred pain.

3. The description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another.

syn′es·thet′ic (-thĕt′ĭk) adj.

syn·es·the·si·a

(sin'es-thē'zē-ă)

A condition in which a stimulus, in addition to exciting the usual and normally located sensation, gives rise to a subjective sensation of different character or localization, e.g., color hearing, color taste.
Synonym(s): synaesthesia.

[syn- + G. aisthēsis, sensation]

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syn·es·the·si·a

(sin'es-thē'zē-ă)

A condition in which a stimulus, in addition to exciting usual and normally located sensation, gives rise to a subjective sensation of different character.
Synonym(s): synaesthesia.

[syn- + G. aisthēsis, sensation]

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synesthesialgia

[sin″es-the″ze-al´jah]

a condition in which a stimulus produces pain on the affected side but no sensation on the normal side of the body.

syn·es·the·si·al·gi·a

(sin'es-thē'zē-al'jē-ă),

Painful synesthesia.

Synonym(s): synesthesia algica

syn·es·the·si·al·gi·a

(sin'es-thē'zē-al'jē-ă)

Painful synesthesia.
Synonym(s): synaesthesialgia.

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