aesthesia

See also: æsthesia

English

Alternative forms

• esthesia
• æsthesia

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis-dʰh₁

Proto-Hellenic *awistʰomai

Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek αἴσθησις (aísthēsis)

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -iader.

English -ia

English aesthesia

From Ancient Greek αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “perception, sensing”) + English -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌiːsˈθiːz.i.ə/, /ˌiːsˈθiːʒə/, (nonstandard) /ˌəsˈθiːz.i.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛsˈθi.ʒə/, /ˌɛsˈθi.ʒi.ə/, /ˌəsˈθi.ʒə/

Noun

aesthesia (countable and uncountable, plural aesthesias)

1. The ability to perceive sensations.

   Antonym: anaesthesia

   Hyponyms: acroaesthesia, hyperaesthesia, hypoaesthesia, synaesthesia

   Coordinate term: pseudaesthesia

Derived terms

• acroaesthesia
• cryptaesthesia
• hyperaesthesia
• hypoaesthesia
• pseudaesthesia

Related terms

• anesthesia
• cryesthesia
• synaesthesia
• telesthesia

Translations

ability to perceive sensations

• Bulgarian: възприятие (bg) (văzprijatie)
• Catalan: estèsia f
• French: esthésie (fr) f
• Portuguese: estesia f
• Russian: восприя́тие (ru) n (vosprijátije)

See also

• algesia
• analgesia