Somaesthesia (Noun)
Meaning 1
The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Synonyms
- Somatic Sensory System
- Somesthesia
- Somatosensory System
- Somatic Sense
- Somesthesis
- Somatesthesia
- Somaesthesis
- Somataesthesis
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Hyponyms
Meaning 2
The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.