aesth-, esth-, aesthe-, esthe-, aesthesio-, esthesio-, aesthesia-, -esthesia, -aesthetic, -esthetic, -aesthetical, -esthetical, -aesthetically, -esthetically +
(Greek: feeling, sensation, perception)
psychroesthesia, psychroaesthesia
1. The form of sensation that perceives cold.
2. A sensation of cold although the body is warm; a chill.
3. A subjective sensation of coldness in a part of the body that feels warm to the touch.
rachianesthesia, rachianaesthesia
Partial, or complete, loss of sensation in the spine.
radiesthesia, radiaesthesia
1. The detection of radiation by, or by means of, the body; a process believed by some to be responsible for the operation of dowsing rods, pendulums, and the like as means of locating buried substances, diagnosing illness, etc.
2. Detecting and diagnosing disease by the passing of hands over the body.
radiesthesic
Relating to the detection of and diagnosing of a disease by the passing of the hands over the body.
rhinaesthesia, rhinesthesia
The sense of smell (from Greek, rhis, rhin-, “nose”).
rhinesthesic
Relating to the sense of smell.
seismesthesia, seismaesthesia, seisesthesia
1. A sense of shaking or vibration.
2. Tactile perception of vibrations in a liquid or aerial medium.
3. The perception of vibrations; being aware of vibrations or motions.
somaesthesis
1. The faculty of bodily perception.
2. Sensory systems associated with the body; including skin senses, proprioception (unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from stimuli within the body itself), and the internal organs.
somaesthetic
A reference to sensory stimuli coming from the skin and internal organs and the perception of these stimuli.
somatesthesia
1. The sensation, or consciousness, of having a body.
2. Pertaining to, or designating, those sensations; such as, pressure, pain, or warmth that can occur anywhere in the body.
somatesthetic
Pertaining to the sensation, or consciousness, of having a body.
somesthesia
Bodily sensation, or the conscious awareness of the body.
somesthetic
Characterized by bodily sensations, or the conscious awareness of the body.
spheresthesia
An apparent sensation of a ball or globe that rises in the stomach area and progresses upward, finally being felt in the throat where it produces the feeling of strangulation; seen in hysteria.
splanchnesthesia
Sensation from the viscera (usually the abdominal area).
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Related-word units meaning feeling:
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pass-, pati-;
patho-.
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