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Synesthesia or synaesthesia originates from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language Greek] language. Root words, ''syn'', meaning union, and ''aesthesis'', meaning sensation: a union of the senses.<ref name=Foot01/> Synesthesia is usually used in [[ poetry]]. It means "the concurrent response of two or more of the senses to the stimulation of one."<ref name=Foot02/> In simple terms synesthesia means the mixing of two or more senses at one time. Several authors use synethesia; such as [[Robert Frost]], [[Dante Alighieri]], [[George Meredith]]. | |||
=== Functions of Synesthesia === | === Functions of Synesthesia === |