What is the meaning of somaesthesia?

The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations.
- usage: "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"
- synonyms: somesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation
The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs.
- synonyms: somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense

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