somatesthesia
Awareness of one's own bodyAwareness of one's own body
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Awareness of one's own body
More definitions
- the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
- the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
Origin
From somato- + -esthesia.From somato- + -esthesia.
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Synonyms
9 synonymsClose in meaning
- the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations:somesthesiasomaesthesiasomatic sensation
- the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs:somesthesiasomesthesissomaesthesiasomaesthesissomataesthesissomatosensory systemsomatic sensory systemsomatic sense
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable