Heteresthesia

Translation of "heteresthesia" into Russian

heteresthesia

Noun

heteresthesia

heteresthesias pl

гетерестезия

The patient was diagnosed with heteresthesia, experiencing abnormal sensitivity to stimuli.

Пациенту был поставлен диагноз гетерестезия, он испытывал аномальную чувствительность к стимулам.

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heteresthesia

Noun

Pathology. An abnormal or altered perception of sensory stimuli, typically manifesting as heightened sensitivity or as perception of a stimulus by a different sense organ.

After the nerve injury, she experienced heteresthesia, feeling pins and needles at the slightest touch.

The phenomenon in which a stimulus applied to one sense organ is perceived as though it were applied to another sense organ (a form of synesthesia).

Some synaesthetes describe heteresthesia, such as seeing vivid colors whenever they hear particular musical notes.

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