or chiefly Brit  chrom*aes*the*sia  n :  synesthesia in which color is perceived in response to stimuli (as words or numbers) that contain no element of color - called also chromatism , color hearing  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  chromaesthesia 
 
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