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Somatesthesia Moderate

Somatesthesia has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations

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

2

the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs

3

awareness of one's own body

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
perception interoception
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
feeling prickling pressure pain temperature tactual sensation kinesthesia
Rhyming Words
asia hsia tsia ssia kasia mysia ousia dasia zosia ossia misia basia resia opsia kassia cassia bassia idesia clusia amusia
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