somesthesis

1. (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatatesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia
Related Words: feeling of movement, interoception, kinaesthesia, kinesthesia, skin perceptiveness, tactility, tactual sensation, touch perception



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