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Definition of synaesthesia noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

synaesthesia

noun
 
/ˌsɪnəsˈθiːziə/
 
/ˌsɪnəsˈθiːʒə/
(also synesthesia)
[uncountable] (biology)
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  1. the fact of experiencing some things in a different way from most other people, for example experiencing colours as sounds, experiencing shapes as tastes, or feeling something in one part of the body when a different part is stimulated
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: modern Latin, from syn- ‘with’, on the pattern of anaesthesia.
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