aesthesia

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aesthesia

/ˌiːsˈθiːz.i.ə/ UK
/ˌiːsˈθiːʒə/ UK
/ˌəsˈθiːz.i.ə/ UK, nonstandard
/ˌɛsˈθi.ʒə/ US
/ˌɛsˈθi.ʒi.ə/ US
/ˌəsˈθi.ʒə/ US

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From Ancient Greek αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “perception, sensing”) + English -ia.

noun aesthesias · esthesia · æsthesia

countable, uncountable The ability to perceive sensations.
Opposite: anaesthesia

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noun ability to perceive sensations

Português	estesia
Français	esthésie
Русский	восприя́тие vosprijátije

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@misc{aesthesia_2026,
  title = {aesthesia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aesthesia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}