somaesthesia meaning and definition

SOMAESTHESIA noun

Definition of somaesthesia (noun)

1. the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
   • "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"
   • synonyms: somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia
2. the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
   • synonyms: somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis