|
|
Definition of Somesthesia
1. Noun. The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations. "He relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"
Exact synonyms: Somaesthesia, Somatesthesia, Somatic Sensation
Generic synonyms: Perception
Specialized synonyms: Feeling, Prickling, Tingle, Tingling, Pressure, Pressure Sensation, Pain, Pain Sensation, Painful Sensation, Temperature
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.
Exact synonyms: Somaesthesia, Somaesthesis, Somataesthesis, Somatesthesia, Somatic Sense, Somatic Sensory System, Somatosensory System, Somesthesis
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
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
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
Other Resources:
