æsthesia
(iːsˈθiːsɪə, -zɪə)
[mod.L., ad. Gr. αἴσθησις (see æsthesis).]
Capacity for feeling and sensation; = æsthesis.
| 1879 in R. Hunter et al. Encycl. Dict. I. 87/3 æsthesia, perception by the senses, feeling. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Jan. 17/3 A general aesthesia akin to that of a creature in which the special sense organs are not yet differentiated. |