somaesthesia

n 1: the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut

sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of

pressure changes"; "he had a queasy feeling" [syn: {somesthesia},

{somatesthesia}, {somatic sensation}, {feeling}]

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}]