the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs [syn: somesthesia]
Main Entry: som·es·the·sis Variant: or chiefly Britishsom·aes·the·sis/"sOm-es-'thE-s&s/ Function:noun Inflected Form: plural-sis·es : body sensibility including the cutaneous and kinesthetic senses
