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secondary sensation — see synaesthesia … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Primary/secondary quality distinction — The primary/secondary quality distinction is a conceptual distinction in epistemology and metaphysics, concerning the nature of reality. It is most explicitly articulated by John Locke in his Essay concerning Human Understanding , but earlier… … Wikipedia
primary sensation — a sensation which is the direct result of the reception of a stimulus; cf. secondary s. (synesthesia) … Medical dictionary
synaesthesia — Also known as synesthesia, synaesthetic hallucination, synaesthetic experience, reflex false perception, secondary sensation, and secondary sense perceptions (German: sekundären Sinnesempfindungen). The term synaesthesia comes from the Greek… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Synesthesia — A condition in which the normally separate senses are not separate. Sight may mingle with sound, taste with touch, etc. The senses are cross wired. For example, when a digit color synesthete sees or just thinks of a number, the number appears… … Medical dictionary
conceptual synaesthesia — The term conceptual synaesthesia comes from the Latin adjective conceptualis (pertaining to the mental concept), and the Greek words sun (together, unified), and aisthanesthai (to notice, to perceive). The concept was introduced in or shortly… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
synesthete — syn·es·thete (sĭnʹĭs thēt ) n. A person who experiences synesthesia, as by having a secondary sensation of sound as color or of color as sound. * * * … Universalium
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
Rhinoplasty — For the album by Primus, see Rhinoplasty (album). Rhinoplasty Intervention Rhinoplasty: The lower lateral cartilage (greater alar cartilage) exposed for plastic modification via the left nostril … Wikipedia
epistemology — epistemological /i pis teuh meuh loj i keuhl/, adj. epistemologically, adv. epistemologist, n. /i pis teuh mol euh jee/, n. a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge. [1855 60; < Gk… … Universalium
