somaesthesia
n 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]
2: the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated
with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and
the internal organs [syn: somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesis,
somatesthesia, somatatesthesis, somatosensory system,
somatic sensory system, somatic sense]