aesthesis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

aesthesis
    n 1: an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a
         sensation of touch" [syn: {sensation}, {esthesis},
         {aesthesis}, {sense experience}, {sense impression}, {sense
         datum}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

AEsthesis \[AE]s*the""sis\, n. [Gr. ?.]
   Sensuous perception. [R.] --Ruskin.
   [1913 Webster]

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