somaesthesia

Noun

Meaning

the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs

the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

somesthesia somatesthesia somesthesis tactility somaesthesis somataesthesis somatic sense somatic sensory system somatosensory system somatic sensation

Hypernyms

perception interoception

Hyponyms

tingle pressure pain feeling temperature prickling

Examples

he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

somaclonal somaclone Somada somaesthesis somaesthetic somaesthetically