somatesthesia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
    somesthesia; somatic sensation; somaesthesia.
    • he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes
  2. noun the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
    somatic sensory system; somesthesis; somaesthesis; somataesthesis; somatic sense; somesthesia; somatosensory system; somaesthesia.

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