what does "synesethic" mean? I know this is probably spelled incorrectly- see below?

Question

so i was looking an answer in yahoo questions and as an answer a girl said she is "synesethic." I am sure this is not spelled correctly but that is how she spelled it. I was wondering if anybody knows what she meant and what "synesethic" means.

Answer 1

synesthesia is the noun and synesthetic is the adjective. Also spelled synaesthesia or synaesthetic.

Basically synesthesia is the medical condition where a person experiences one sense as another. It is a real disorder. For example people may feel colours, or see sounds.

An example is Wassily Kandinsky, the famous abstract artist, who saw sounds and heard his paintbox hiss, reputedly.

Answer 2

Synaethesia means that a person experiences one sense through stimulii usually associated with another sense. So they 'see' colours when they hear music or associate them with different letters or numbers.

In short, it's a consistent and involuntary association of particular sense perceptions. There's evidence that it has a genetic basis, part of the brain's hard-wiring.

Answer 3

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=synesthetic

I hope it makes sense... If not then she probably meant a different word; like synthetic or something. I can't tell you more since I don't know exactly how she used the word. If you could put it into context, that would be really helpful.

Answer 4

I think she meant kinesthetic, which means she experiences some sensory data differently than the way it is input, e.g. she hears music as colour.