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noun
Disordered cenesthesia; a psychopathological symptom characterised by generalised abnormal sensations in the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
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History
First attested 1907, borrowed from French cénestopathie, coined by Ernest Dupré and Paul Camus, from Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) + αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “perception from the senses”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering, misery, condition”).
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