coenesthesis

See also: cœnesthesis

English

Alternative forms

• cenesthesis
• coenaesthesis
• cœnæsthesis (obsolete)
• cœnesthesis (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) + αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”).

Noun

coenesthesis (uncountable)

1. (biology) Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate organs, such as the eye and ear; general perception of one's own body.

Related terms

• coenesthetic

References

• “coenesthesis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.