Dictionary entry

Cœnesthesis

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Cœn′es‐the″sis (? or?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κοινόσ common + � sensation.] (Physiol.) Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate organs, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to depend on the ganglionic system.