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 Last updated 09-03-02

syn·es·the·sia also syn·aes·the·sia (sîn´îs-thê¹zhe) noun
1. 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.
2. A sensation felt in one part of the body as a result of stimulus applied to another, as in referred pain.
3. The description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another.

syn´es·thet¹ic (-thèt¹îk) adjective

syn·es·thete (sîn¹îs-thêt´) noun
A person who experiences synesthesia, as by having a secondary sensation of sound as color or of color as sound.

-- Definitions taken from Microsoft Bookshelf '98