somesthesis
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somesthesis — noun the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs • Syn: ↑somesthesia, ↑somaesthesia, ↑somaesthesis, ↑somatesthesia, ↑somataesthesis, ↑somatosensory… … Useful english dictionary
somesthesis — noun All of the various sensory systems in the skin and other bodily tissues responsible for the senses of touch pressure, warmth and coldness, pain, itch together with positioning and movement … Wiktionary
somesthesis — som·esthesis … English syllables
Psychology (The separation of) from philosophy — The separation of psychology from philosophy Studies in the sciences of mind 1815–1879 Edward S.Reed THE IMPOSSIBLE SCIENCE Traditional metaphysics The consensus of European opinion during and immediately after the Napoleonic era was that… … History of philosophy
somaesthesis — somaesthesis, somaesthetic chiefly Brit var of SOMESTHESIS, SOMESTHETIC … Medical 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
