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| NOUN | 1 | somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation | The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations |
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| 2 | somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense | The faculty of bodily perception |
| Meaning | The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations. |
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| Examples | "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes" |
| Synonyms | somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation |
| Broader | perception |
| Narrower | feeling; prickling, tingle, tingling; pressure, pressure sensation; pain, pain sensation, painful sensation; temperature |
| Meaning | 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 | somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense |
| Parts | touch, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses; proprioception |
| Broader | interoception |
| Narrower | tactual sensation, tactility, touch perception, skin perceptiveness; kinesthesia, kinaesthesia, feeling of movement |
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