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• 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

• 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

• coe|nes|the|sia — «SEE nuhs THEE zhuh, SEHN uhs », noun. Psychology. the total undifferentiated mass of impressions from all organic sensations occurring at the same time, by which one derives a sense of body and body condition. Also, cenesthesia. ╂[< Greek… …   Useful english dictionary

• kin|es|the|sia — «KIHN uhs THEE zhuh», noun. the sensation of movement in the muscles, joints, and tendons. Also, kinaesthesia. ╂[< New Latin kinaesthesia < Greek kīneîn to move + aisthēsis perception < aisthánesthai feel, perceive] …   Useful english dictionary

• syn|es|the|sia — «SIHN ehs THEE zhuh, zhee uh», noun. 1. Physiology. a sensation in one part of the body produced by a stimulus applied to another part. 2. Psychology. a phenomenon in which the stimulation of one sense produces a mental impression associated with …   Useful english dictionary

• par|es|the|sia — «PAR uhs THEE zhuh», noun. an abnormal sensation of prickling, tingling, or itching of the skin. Also, paraesthesia. ╂[< par + esthesia sensation as in anesthesia] …   Useful english dictionary

• an|aes|the|sia — «AN uhs THEE zhuh», noun. Especially British. anesthesia …   Useful english dictionary

• ce|nes|the|sia — «SEE nuhs THEE zhuh, SEHN uhs », noun. = coenesthesia. (Cf. ↑coenesthesia) …   Useful english dictionary

• hyp|es|the|sia — «HIHP ehs THEE zhuh», noun. diminished capacity for sensation; dulled sensitiveness. ╂[< New Latin hypesthesia < Greek hypo less, low + aísthēsis sensation, sensitivity] …   Useful english dictionary

• kin|aes|the|sia — «KIHN uhs THEE zhuh», noun. = kinesthesia. (Cf. ↑kinesthesia) …   Useful english dictionary