Definition of Somatesthesia

1. Noun. The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations. "He relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"


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

Definition of Somatesthesia

1. Noun. awareness of one's own body ¹

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Medical Definition of Somatesthesia

1. Bodily sensation, the conscious awareness of the body. Synonym: somesthesia. Origin: somat-+ G. Aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Somatesthesia

somaj
somal
somalo
soman
somans
somas
somasthenia
somat-
somata
somatagnosia
somatalgia
somatasthenia
somatatesthesis
somatesthesia (current term)
somatesthetic
somatic
somatic agglutinin
somatic antigen
somatic arteries
somatic cell
somatic cell gene therapy
somatic cell hybridization
somatic cell nuclear transfer
somatic cell nuclear transplantation
somatic cells
somatic chromosome
somatic crossing-over

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