esthesia

American  

[es-thee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh] / ɛsˈθi ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə /

Or aesthesia

noun

1. capacity for sensation or feeling; sensitivity.

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esthesia British  

/ iːsˈθiːzɪə /

noun

1. a US spelling of aesthesia

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Etymology

Origin of esthesia

1875–80; < Greek aísthēs ( is ) ( esthesis ) + -ia

Example Sentences

For the rest of us without mirror-touch syn­esthesia, the simulation process is the same but less pronounced, Banissy says.

From Scientific American

It is pleasant to be able to record that Dr. Chalmers, one of the heroes of Scots religious history, not only countenanced chloroform by witnessing operations performed under it in the Royal Infirmary, but when requested to deal in a magazine article with the theological aspect of an�esthesia refused on the ground that the question had no theological aspect, and advised Simpson and his friends to take no heed of the “small theologians” who advocated such views.

From Project Gutenberg