"aesthesis" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: perception - the process of perceiving
subtypes:
- limen, threshold - the smallest detectable sensation
- masking - the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation
- vision, visual sensation - the perceptual experience of seeing
- odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
- gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation - the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something
- synaesthesia, synesthesia - a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated
same as: esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression