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aesthesia

aesthesia

9.9
Ability to feel or notice things through the senses
  • noun
  • /iˈsθiːʃə/
  • UK
translation icon : aestesia
  • Art heightens our aesthesia and allows us to experience the world more vividly.

Examples

  • The patient's aesthesia was carefully tested by the neurologist.

  • The doctor explained the importance of aesthesia in understanding sensory disorders.

  • Damage to certain nerves can reduce aesthesia in affected areas.

  • Her aesthesia to pain has always been remarkable.

  • Art heightens our aesthesia and allows us to experience the world more vividly.

  • Damage to certain nerves can reduce aesthesia in affected areas.

  • The patient's aesthesia was carefully tested by the neurologist.

Synonyms

perception
vsaesthesia
14 4.6

Noticing things using your senses such as sight or hearing

refers to the underlying capacity for sensation and awareness not the process
sensibility
vsaesthesia
8 6.6

Ability to feel physical things like touch or pain

emphasizes general mental responsiveness and awareness beyond mere response
sentience
vsaesthesia
7 8.2

The ability to feel and notice things, like pain or happiness

focuses on sensory perception and mental awareness rather than emotional experience
esthesia
vsaesthesia
  • Specialized
9.9

Ability to feel or notice things with the senses

is identical in meaning but uses the other spelling form

Antonyms

16 5.5

A lack of care for other people's feelings or needs

2 5.4

Not knowing or noticing something

How Sensitive

hyperesthesia
  • Specialized
1 9.9
aesthesia
  • UK
9.9
sensation
137 3.5
numbness
19 4.6

Surface Forms

aesthesia singular
aesthesias plural
esthesias plural
esthesia singular

Etymology

Aesthesia comes from the Greek root aisthēsis, which means 'feeling' or 'sensation', and you can see the same root in aesthetic and anesthesia. So aesthesia is about the ability to feel and be aware of sensations.