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Definition of Esthesia

1. Noun. Mental responsiveness and awareness.

Definition of Esthesia

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of aesthesia) ¹

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Definition of Esthesia

1. the ability to receive sensation [n -S]

Medical Definition of Esthesia

1. Synonym: perception, sensitivity. Origin: G. Aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Esthesia

Literary usage of Esthesia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Diagnosis of nervous diseases by James Purves-Stewart (1908)
"esthesia, PAR^esthesia, ANAesthesia WE have already considered the anatomical course of the chief sensory paths from the periphery to the perceiving centres ..."

2. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann (1912)
"AN/esthesia IN CHILDREN General anaesthesia is necessary in order to perform major and delicate minor operations. It is often necessary in the case of ..."

3. Clinical observations on functional nervous disorders by Charles Handfield Jones (1868)
"esthesia. THIS common affection befalling one of the nerves of special sense corresponds closely in its essential features with the neuralgias. ..."

4. The Medical Times and Gazette (1879)
"... ON HYPER^esthesia OF THE EYE. By JONATHAN HUTCHINSON, FRCS, error of refraction is compensated, the eye may persist iu aching, and it is a great error ..."

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