"synesthesia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: synesthesias [plural]
Etymology: From syn- + -esthesia. Etymology templates: {{af|en|syn-|-esthesia}} syn- + -esthesia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} synesthesia (countable and uncountable, plural synesthesias)
  1. (chiefly American spelling) Alternative spelling of synaesthesia Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: synaesthesia

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