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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Perception; feeling; sensation; sensibility: the opposite of anæsthesia (which see). Also written esthesia, æsthesis, esthesis.
  • noun In botany, the capacity of an organ to respond to physical stimuli.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physiol.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anæsthesia.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of aesthesia and esthesia.

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