synesthetic

Variant of synesthesia

noun

  1. Physiol. sensation felt in one part of the body when another part is stimulated
  2. Psychol. a process in which one type of stimulus produces a secondary, subjective sensation, as when some color evokes a specific smell

Origin: ModL synaesthesia: see syn- & esthesia

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