Synesthesia

by Mike Browne on November 10, 2009

in blurts

syn·es·the·sia syn·aes·the·sia (s?n’?s-th?’zh?)

n.

A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.

A sensation felt in one part of the body as a result of stimulus applied to another, as in referred pain.

The description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another.

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