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Definition of Somesthesia
1. Noun. The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations. "He relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"
Generic synonyms: Perception
Specialized synonyms: Feeling, Prickling, Tingle, Tingling, Pressure, Pressure Sensation, Pain, Pain Sensation, Painful Sensation, Temperature
2. Noun. The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs.
Generic synonyms: Interoception
Terms within: Cutaneous Senses, Sense Of Touch, Skin Senses, Touch, Touch Modality, Proprioception
Specialized synonyms: Skin Perceptiveness, Tactility, Tactual Sensation, Touch Perception, Feeling Of Movement, Kinaesthesia, Kinesthesia
Definition of Somesthesia
1. Noun. somatesthesia ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Somesthesia
1. Bodily sensation, the conscious awareness of the body. Synonym: somesthesia. Origin: somat-+ G. Aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Somesthesia
Literary usage of Somesthesia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Health of the Teacher by William Estabrook Chancellor (1919)
"CHAPTER II THE INSTINCT TO BE WELL somesthesia is the feeling that one has
regarding the ... Mostly the persons who are markedly deficient in somesthesia ..."
2. Educational Sociology by William Estabrook Chancellor (1919)
"The unsympathetic and narrow-minded usually also have but slight somesthesia.
The uncharitable are so unintelligent as not to understand even themselves. ..."
3. Educational Sociology by William Estabrook Chancellor (1919)
"The unsympathetic and narrow-minded usually also have but slight somesthesia.
The uncharitable are so unintelligent as not to understand even themselves. ..."
4. The Impact of Chaos on Science and Society by Celso Grebogi, James A. Yorke (1997)
""Neural Mechanisms in somesthesia." In Medical Physiology, vol. II, VB Mountcastle,
ed. Mosby, St. Louis, pp. 1372- 1423. Morrison, JH, Foote, SL, ..."
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