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aesthesia

/ˌiːsˈθiːz.i.ə/US/ˌɛsˈθi.ʒə/

aesthesia noun: the ability to perceive sensations.

Noun

aesthesia (countable and uncountable, plural aesthesias)

  1. The ability to perceive sensations.
    Antonyms:
    anaesthesia

aesthesia meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

aesthesia in Tamil

உணர்தல், உணர்வு

aesthesia in Urdu

قُوَّت احساس

aesthesia in Kannada

ಅರಿವೊರತೆ, ಅರಿವುಬಲ

Antonyms of aesthesia

Forms of aesthesia

pluralaesthesias
alternative formesthesia
alternative formæsthesia

Origin of aesthesia

From Ancient Greek αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “perception, sensing”) + English -ia.

Words formed from aesthesia

Questions about aesthesia

What does aesthesia mean?
Aesthesia means the ability to perceive sensations.
What is aesthesia in Tamil?
Aesthesia in Tamil is உணர்தல், உணர்வு. See Aesthesia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aesthesia?
Aesthesia is a noun.
How do you pronounce aesthesia?
Aesthesia is pronounced /ˌiːsˈθiːz.i.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of aesthesia?
The plural of aesthesia is aesthesias.

Words near aesthesia in the dictionary

  1. aesthenopic
  2. aesthenosphere
  3. aesthenospheres
  4. aesthenospheric
  5. aestheses
  6. aesthesia
  7. aesthesias
  8. aesthesic
  9. aesthesics
  10. aesthesio-
  11. aesthesiogenic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aesthesia (page history and authors); aesthesia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aesthesia (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aesthesia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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