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Synesthesia (also spelled synæsthesia or synaesthesia, plural synesthesiae or synaesthesiae) -
from the Ancient Greek (syn), "together," and (aisthēsis), "sensation" - is a neurologically based phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. People who report such experiences are known as synesthetes. full definition and more info...

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