- somaesthesis
Medical dictionary. 2011.
somaesthesis
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somaesthesis — noun the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs • Syn: ↑somesthesia, ↑somesthesis, ↑somaesthesia, ↑somatesthesia, ↑somataesthesis, ↑somatosensory… … Useful english dictionary
somaesthesia — noun 1. the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes • Syn: ↑somesthesia, ↑somatesthesia, ↑somatic sensation • Hypernyms: ↑perception • … Useful english dictionary
cutaneous senses — noun the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us • Syn: ↑touch, ↑sense of touch, ↑skin senses, ↑touch… … Useful english dictionary
feeling of movement — noun the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc • Syn: ↑kinesthesia, ↑kinaesthesia • Derivationally related forms: ↑kinaesthetic (for: ↑kinaesthesia), ↑kinesthetic ( … Useful english dictionary
interoception — noun sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body • Hypernyms: ↑sensitivity, ↑sensitiveness, ↑sensibility • Hyponyms: ↑proprioception, ↑somesthesia, ↑somesthesis, ↑soma … Useful english dictionary
proprioception — noun the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts • Hypernyms: ↑interoception • Hyponyms: ↑kinesthesis, ↑kinaesthesis, ↑kinesthesia, ↑kinaesthesia, ↑kinesthetics, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sense of touch — noun the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) (Freq. 10) only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us • Syn: ↑touch, ↑skin senses, ↑touch… … Useful english dictionary
skin perceptiveness — noun the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑tactual sensation, ↑tactility, ↑touch perception • Derivationally related forms: ↑tactile (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
skin senses — noun the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us • Syn: ↑touch, ↑sense of touch, ↑touch modality,… … Useful english dictionary
somataesthesis — noun 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, ↑somatosensory… … Useful english dictionary
