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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations;
- Example: "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]


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]