About The Word Somesthesia

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Somesthesia

Somesthesia Meaning & Definition
Somesthesia Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Somesthesia?

[n] the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
[n] the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Somesthesia: somaesthesia | somaesthesis | somatatesthesis | somatesthesia | somatic sensation | somatic sense | somatic sensory system | somatosensory system | somesthesis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Somesthesia:

See Also | cutaneous senses | feeling | feeling of movement | interoception | kinaesthesia | kinesthesia | pain | painful sensation | perception | pressure | pressure sensation | prickling | proprioception | sense of touch | skin perceptiveness | skin senses | tactility | tactual sensation | temperature | tingle | tingling | touch | touch modality | touch perception

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