aesth-, esth-, aesthe-, esthe-, aesthesio-, esthesio-, aesthesia-, -esthesia, -aesthetic, -esthetic, -aesthetical, -esthetical, -aesthetically, -esthetically +
(Greek: feeling, sensation, perception)
aesthesiogenic
Producing, or causing, sensations.
aesthesiometer
An instrument used to determine the degree of tactile (touch) sensibility possessed by s patient.
aesthesis
The perception of the external world by the senses.
aesthesodic
1. Of nerves that provide a path for sensory impulses.
2. Conveying sensations from the external organs to the brain or nerve center.
aesthetasc
An olfactory receptor on the small antennae of some crustaceans; such as, Daphnia (water fleas, some species of which are commonly used as food for aquarium fish).
aesthete, esthete
1. A person who is highly sensitive to art and beauty.
2. Someone who has an acute delight in the beauty of color, line, sound, and texture with a violent distaste for the ugly, shapeless, and discordant.
3. A person who artificially cultivates artistic sensitivity or makes a cult of art and beauty.
aesthetes, esthetes
1. A reference to sense organs or the plural of esthete.
2. Those who cultivate an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.
aesthetic, esthetic, aesthetical, esthetical, aesthetically
1. A feeling for beauty.
2. Sensitive to art and beauty.
3. Showing good taste.
4. Relating to the mental perception of the existence of any part of the body.
5. In neurology, of or relating to the mental perception of sensations.
aesthetician
A critic concerned with the theory of beauty and the fine arts.
aestheticism
1. The belief in beauty as the basic standard of value in human life, underlying all moral and other considerations.
2. A great love for, and sensitivity to, beauty and the arts.
I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want—an adorable pancreas?
-Jean Kerr
aestheticize
To render aesthetic, or agreeable, to a refined taste; to refine.
aesthetics, esthetics
1. The study, or philosophy, of beauty.
2. The study of what is considered beautiful, harmonious, and cultured.
3. The way something looks; especially, when considered in terms of how pleasing it is.
aesthiology
The comparative anatomy of the organs of sensation.
aesthophysiology
The scientific study of the organs of sensation.
agraphesthesia
The inability to recognize letters or numbers drawn by the examiner on the skin.
The patients’ eyes are closed if this is done on the skin area that is visible to them.
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Related-word units meaning feeling:
senso-;
pass-, pati-;
patho-.
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