aesth-, esth-, aesthe-, esthe-, aesthesio-, esthesio-, aesthesia-, -esthesia, -aesthetic, -esthetic, -aesthetical, -esthetical, -aesthetically, -esthetically +
(Greek: feeling, sensation, perception)
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esthesic
Pertaining to the mental perception of sensations.
esthesioderma
A skin disorder associated with sensory abnormalities.
esthesiodic
1. Providing a path for sensory impulses.
2. Conveying sensations from the external organs to the brain or nerve centers; also esthesodic and esthesiogenic.
esthesiogenesis
Production of a reaction in a sensory zone.
esthesiogenic, aesthesiogenic
Relating to the production, or the cause, of sensation.
esthesiography
1. A description of the organs of sense and of the mechanism of sensation.
2. Mapping out on the skin the areas of tactile (touch) and other forms of sensibility.
esthesiology
The science of sensations and sensory phenomena.
esthesiomania
Insanity with a perversion of the senses.
esthesioneure
A sensory neuron.
esthesioneurosis
Any disorder of the sensory nerves or of sensation; including, anesthesia, hyperesthesia, and paresthesia; also known as esthesionosus.
esthesionosus
Any disorder, or disease, of the sensory nerves or of sensations.
esthesiophysiology, aesthesiophysiology
The physiology of sensation and the sense organs; sensory physiology.
esthesioscopy
The testing of tactile (touch) and other forms of sensibility.
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Related-word units meaning feeling:
senso-;
pass-, pati-;
patho-.
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