Noun: synaesthesia ,si-nis'thee-zhu
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: synesthesia)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: synesthesia)
- A sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated
"For some people with synaesthesia, hearing music triggers the perception of colours";
- synesthesia [N. Amer]
Derived forms: synaesthesias
Type of: aesthesis, esthesis [US], sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression
Encyclopedia: Synaesthesia