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English
Etymology
First attested 1907, borrowed from French cénestopathie, coined by Ernest Dupré and Paul Camus,[1][2] from Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) + αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “perception from the senses”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering, misery, condition”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsiːnəsˈθɒpəθi/
- Hyphenation: ce‧nes‧thop‧a‧thy
Noun
cenesthopathy (plural cenesthopathies)
- (psychiatry) Disordered cenesthesia; a psychopathological symptom characterised by generalised abnormal sensations in the body.
Translations
aberrant bodily sensations
References
- ^ Dupré E. (1925) “Chapitre IV: Les Cénestopathies”, in Pathologie de l'imagination et de l'émotivité (Bibliothèque Scientifique) (in French), Paris: Payot, →OCLC, page 291
- ^ Dupré E., Camus P. (1907) Les Cénestopathies (in French), L'Encéphale, pages 616—631