somatesthesia meaning and definition

SOMATESTHESIA noun

Definition of somatesthesia (noun)

1. the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
   • "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"
   • synonyms: somaesthesia, 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: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis