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ra|di|es|the|sia
ra|di|es|the|sia «RAY dee ehs THEE zhuh», noun.
sensitivity to invisible radiation from any source: »

Radiesthesia may be involved in such psychic phenomena as reading print or identifying colors with the hands…and dowsing (Samuel Moffat).

[< radi-(ation) + esthesia]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • therm|an|aes|the|sia — therm|an|es|the|sia or therm|an|aes|the|sia «THURM an uhs THEE zhuh, zhee uh», noun. = thermoanesthesia. (Cf. ↑thermoanesthesia) …   Useful english dictionary

  • therm|an|es|the|sia — or therm|an|aes|the|sia «THURM an uhs THEE zhuh, zhee uh», noun. = thermoanesthesia. (Cf. ↑thermoanesthesia) …   Useful english dictionary

  • pol|y|aes|the|sia — «POL ee uhs THEE zhuh», noun. Medicine. a morbid condition of the sense of touch, as in locomotor ataxia, in which a single stimulus, as the prick of a pin, is felt at two or more places …   Useful english dictionary

  • hy|per|es|the|sia — «HY puhr ehs THEE zhuh», noun. excessive sensitivity of the skin or of any sense organ. ╂[< New Latin hyperesthesia < Greek hyper over + aísthēsis perception] …   Useful english dictionary

  • therm|aes|the|sia — therm|es|the|sia or therm|aes|the|sia «THURM ehs THEE zhuh, zhee uh», noun. Medicine. sensitiveness to heat or cold; sensitivity to degree of heat. ╂[< thermo + esthesia] …   Useful english dictionary

  • therm|es|the|sia — or therm|aes|the|sia «THURM ehs THEE zhuh, zhee uh», noun. Medicine. sensitiveness to heat or cold; sensitivity to degree of heat. ╂[< thermo + esthesia] …   Useful english dictionary

  • ther|mo|an|aes|the|sia — ther|mo|an|es|the|sia or ther|mo|an|aes|the|sia «THUR moh AN uhs THEE zhuh, zhee uh», noun. Medicine. loss of thermesthesia; inability to feel heat or cold …   Useful english dictionary

  • ther|mo|an|es|the|sia — or ther|mo|an|aes|the|sia «THUR moh AN uhs THEE zhuh, zhee uh», noun. Medicine. loss of thermesthesia; inability to feel heat or cold …   Useful english dictionary

  • aes|the|sia — «ehs THEE zhuh», noun. the perception of the external world by the senses; feeling; sensibility. Also, esthesia. ╂[< Greek aísthēsis a perceiving] …   Useful english dictionary

  • an|es|the|sia — «AN uhs THEE zhuh», noun. loss of the feeling of pain, touch, cold, or other sensation. Anesthesia can be produced by ether, chloroform, novocaine, morphine, or other chemical agent, or by hypnotism, or as the result of hysteria, paralysis, or… …   Useful english dictionary

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