coenestheses

coe·nes·the·sia

[see-nuhs-thee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh, sen-uhs-]
noun Psychology.
the aggregate of impressions arising from organic sensations that forms the basis of one's awareness of body or bodily state, as the feeling of health, vigor, or lethargy.
Also, coe·nes·the·sis [see-nuhs-thee-sis, sen-uhs-] , cenesthesia, cenesthesis.


Origin:
1880–85; coen(o)- + esthesia

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coenesthesia, cenesthesia, coenesthesis or cenesthesis (ˌsiːnɪsˈθiːzɪə, ˌsiːnɪsˈθiːsɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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psychol general awareness of one's own body
 
cenesthesia, cenesthesia, coenesthesis or cenesthesis
 
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coenesthesis, cenesthesia, coenesthesis or cenesthesis
 
n
 
cenesthesis, cenesthesia, coenesthesis or cenesthesis
 
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coenesthetic, cenesthesia, coenesthesis or cenesthesis
 
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cenesthetic, cenesthesia, coenesthesis or cenesthesis
 
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Coenestheses is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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