somesthesia
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1. the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | interoception, |
| definition | : | sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body (noun.cognition) |
| part holonym | : | proprioception, |
| definition | : | the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts (noun.cognition) |
2. the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | perception, |
| definition | : | the process of perceiving (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | feeling, |
| definition | : | a physical sensation that you experience (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | pressure, pressure sensation, |
| definition | : | the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | temperature, |
| definition | : | the somatic sensation of cold or heat (noun.cognition) |
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