aesthophysiology

aesthophysiology

English

Alternative forms

• aestho-physiology, æstho-physiology, æsthophysiology, estho-physiology, esthophysiology

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“to perceive”) + English physiology.

Noun

aesthophysiology (uncountable)

1. The science of sensation in relation to the actions of the nerves.
   • 1870-1880, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Psychology

     Æstho-physiology has a position that is entirely unique. It belongs neither to the objective world nor the subjective world ; but taking a term from each , occupies itself with the correlation of the two

Related terms

• aesthetic

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for aesthophysiology under æstho-physiology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)