aesth-, esth-, aesthe-, esthe-, aesthesio-, esthesio-, aesthesia-, -esthesia, -aesthetic, -esthetic, -aesthetical, -esthetical, -aesthetically, -esthetically +

Producing, or causing, sensations.

An instrument used to determine the degree of tactile (touch) sensibility possessed by s patient.

The perception of the external world by the senses.

1. Of nerves that provide a path for sensory impulses.
2. Conveying sensations from the external organs to the brain or nerve center.

An olfactory receptor on the small antennae of some crustaceans; such as, Daphnia (water fleas, some species of which are commonly used as food for aquarium fish).

1. A person who is highly sensitive to art and beauty.
2. Someone who has an acute delight in the beauty of color, line, sound, and texture with a violent distaste for the ugly, shapeless, and discordant.
3. A person who artificially cultivates artistic sensitivity or makes a cult of art and beauty.

1. A reference to sense organs or the plural of esthete.
2. Those who cultivate an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.

1. A feeling for beauty.
2. Sensitive to art and beauty.
3. Showing good taste.
4. Relating to the mental perception of the existence of any part of the body.
5. In neurology, of or relating to the mental perception of sensations.

A critic concerned with the theory of beauty and the fine arts.

1. The belief in beauty as the basic standard of value in human life, underlying all moral and other considerations.
2. A great love for, and sensitivity to, beauty and the arts.

To render aesthetic, or agreeable, to a refined taste; to refine.

1. The study, or philosophy, of beauty.
2. The study of what is considered beautiful, harmonious, and cultured.
3. The way something looks; especially, when considered in terms of how pleasing it is.

The comparative anatomy of the organs of sensation.

The scientific study of the organs of sensation.

The inability to recognize letters or numbers drawn by examiners on the skin of the subjects who are being tested: "In agraphesthesias, the patients' eyes are often closed when these procedures are performed on the skin areas that are normally visible to them so they can't see what the examiners are doing."

"When a person with agraphesthesia can't feel 'writing' on the skin, it is believed that it is usually caused by a central nervous system lesion. This problem is typically tested by an examiner who uses an instrument [not an ink pen nor a pencil] that forms a number in the palm of one of the hands, which the patient can't see, and then asking the person to tell what the number is."