somesthesia
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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 |
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Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatatesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesis |
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Related Words: feeling of movement, interoception, kinaesthesia, kinesthesia, skin perceptiveness, tactility, tactual sensation, touch perception |
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(noun) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"; "he had a queasy feeling" |
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Synonyms: feeling, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation |
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Related Words: pain, painful sensation, perception, pressure, pressure sensation, prickling, temperature, tingle, tingling |
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