‖ panæsthesia, -esthesia
(pænɪsˈθiːsɪə, -iːsθ-)
[a. Gr. παναισθησία full vigour of the senses, f. παν-, pan- + αἴσθησις perception.]
The total sum of the perceptions of an individual at a given moment.
| 1884 M{supc}Dowall tr. A. Herzen in Jrnl. Mental Sci. Apr. 51 Each [element] awakens its own quantum of consciousness, which unites with that of the other elements simultaneously disintegrated, to form the panæsthesia of the individual. Note. I propose this name of panæsthesia to express ‘the totality of what an individual feels at a given moment’. |