from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
somesthesia
n 1: the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut
sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of
pressure changes" [syn: {somesthesia}, {somaesthesia},
{somatesthesia}, {somatic sensation}]
2: the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated
with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and
the internal organs [syn: {somesthesia}, {somesthesis},
{somaesthesia}, {somaesthesis}, {somatesthesia},
{somataesthesis}, {somatosensory system}, {somatic sensory
system}, {somatic sense}]