somesthesia Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
   somatesthesia; 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; somatesthesia; somatic sense; somatosensory system; somaesthesia.
   

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