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somesthesia

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somesthesia

noun
1. the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes" 
2. the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs 
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somesthesia so·mes·the·sia (sō'mĭs-thē'zhə)
n.
Variant of somatesthesia.


so'mes·thet'ic (-thět'ĭk) adj.

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