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Definition of Somesthesis
1. Noun. The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs.
Exact synonyms: Somaesthesia, Somaesthesis, Somataesthesis, Somatesthesia, Somatic Sense, Somatic Sensory System, Somatosensory System, Somesthesia
Generic synonyms: Interoception
Terms within: Cutaneous Senses, Sense Of Touch, Skin Senses, Touch, Touch Modality, Proprioception
Specialized synonyms: Skin Perceptiveness, Tactility, Tactual Sensation, Touch Perception, Feeling Of Movement, Kinaesthesia, Kinesthesia
Generic synonyms: Interoception
Terms within: Cutaneous Senses, Sense Of Touch, Skin Senses, Touch, Touch Modality, Proprioception
Specialized synonyms: Skin Perceptiveness, Tactility, Tactual Sensation, Touch Perception, Feeling Of Movement, Kinaesthesia, Kinesthesia
Definition of Somesthesis
1. Noun. All of the various sensory systems in the skin and other bodily tissues responsible for the senses of touch-pressure, warmth and coldness, pain, itch together with positioning and movement ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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