Somatesthesia

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  somatesthesia
       n 1: the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut
            sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of
            pressure changes" [syn: {somesthesia}, {somaesthesia}, {somatic
            sensation}]
       2: the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated


          with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and
          the internal organs [syn: {somesthesia}, {somesthesis}, {somaesthesia},
           {somaesthesis}, {somatatesthesis}, {somatosensory system},
           {somatic sensory system}, {somatic sense}]