What is the meaning of somatosensory system?

The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs.
- synonyms: somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatic sensory system, somatic sense

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MLA	WordNet. "somatosensory system" 23 October 2010. Web. 24 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/somatosensory_system/definitions/1311818>

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