somaesthesia Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
somesthesia; somatesthesia; somatic sensation.
- he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes
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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; somesthesia; somatosensory system.