Definition of somesthesia Somesthesia

We found 3 definitions of somesthesia from 2 different sources.

What does somesthesia mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: somesthesias
somesthesia - the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"
		somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation
		perception the process of perceiving
		feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
		prickling, tingling, tingle a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
		pressure sensation, pressure a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government"
		pain sensation, painful sensation, pain a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"
somesthesia - the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
		somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense
		interoception sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body
		cutaneous senses, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, touch the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"
		proprioception the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts
		skin perceptiveness, tactility, touch perception, tactual sensation the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain