somatesthesia

Noun (2)

1. the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations“he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes”Synonyms: somesthesiasomaesthesiasomatic sensationType of perceptionKinds pain, feeling, pressure, temperature, prickling
2. the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organsSynonyms: somesthesiasomesthesissomaesthesiasomaesthesissomataesthesissomatosensory systemsomatic sensory systemsomatic senseType of interoceptionKinds tactual sensation, kinesthesiaParts touch, proprioception