Path. [mod.L., f. Gr. θέρμη heat + αἴσθησις perception.] Sensitiveness to heat or cold; the sense of heat. Hence Thermæsthesiometer: see quot. 1885.
1885. Buck’s Handbk. Med. Sc., I. 85/2. Thermæsthesiometer, for measuring the sensibility to differences of temperature, Weber used two long glass phials filled with oil. Ibid., 86/1. In 1866, Eulenburg described his thermæsthesiometer.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 169. Thermæsthesia.—There are two disorders of subjective sensation of heat and cold.
