AESTHESIA

sensibility, esthesia, aesthesia

(noun) mental responsiveness and awareness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

aesthesia (countable and uncountable, plural aesthesias)

The ability to perceive sensations.

Source: Wiktionary


Æs*the"si*a (, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol.)

Definition: Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anæsthesia.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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