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acquired synesthesia - the opposite of idiopathic synesthesia
associator - non-projector synesthete
bimodal - occurring between two modalities
chromesthesia any type of sensory input that evokes [synesthetic] color
color-digit synesthesia - digits  syn color
color-letter synesthesia - letters syn color
gender - a linguistic/grammatical classification
graph - a drawing of some type
grapheme - a single written unit in a writing system
idiopathic synesthesia - natural/congenital synesthesia
intermodal - occuring between modalities
logogram - a grapheme that stands for an entire word or concept
modality - a distinct pathway
phoneme - the smallest unit of speech
photism - the synesthetic projection of light, usually colored
polymodal synesthete - having more than one type of synesthesia
projector - non-associator synesthete
sex - a biological/metaphorical-biological classification
strong synesthete - a projector synesthete with more than one type of synesthesia
synesthesia - one sense/concept automatically elicits an unrelated sensation
synesthete - one who has synesthesia
synesthetic - pertaining to synesthesia
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ageusia - impaired ability to taste or complete loss of taste
agnosia - inability to discriminate sensory stimuli
anesthesia - impaired ability to feel or complete loss of sensation
anosmia - impaired ability to smell or complete loss of smell
aphasia - impaired ability to use or understand language or complete loss of use or understanding of language
aphonia - impaired ability to speak or complete loss of voice
audition - sense of hearing / the act or process of hearing
dysgeusia - distortion in the sense of taste
dyslexia - distortion in understanding or use of written language
dysosmia - distortion in the sense of smell
dysphonia - distortion in speech
eidetic - the quality of eideticism
eideticism - a condition of having extraordinary recall of vivid, detailed, visual images
gustation - sense of taste / the act or process of tasting
hypermnesia - exceptional memory
hypomnesia - extremely defective memory
olfaction - sense of smell / the act or process of smelling
tactile - relating to the sense of touch
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