Word

somatesthesia, n.

the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
<noun.cognition>

somaesthesia somaesthesis somataesthesis somatesthesia somatic sense somatic sensory system somatosensory system somesthesia somesthesis

semantic pointers

hypernym

interoception

part meronym

sense of touch, touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses proprioception

hyponym

skin perceptiveness, tactual sensation, tactility, touch perception kinesthesia, kinaesthesia, feeling of movement

the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
<noun.cognition>

somaesthesia somatesthesia somatic sensation somesthesia

sample sentences

"he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"

semantic pointers

hypernym

perception

hyponym

feeling prickling, tingle, tingling pressure, pressure sensation pain, pain sensation, painful sensation temperature