Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun somaesthesia

2 senses of somaesthesia

Sense 1
somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation -- (the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes")
       => perception -- (the process of perceiving)

Sense 2
somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense -- (the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs)
       => interoception -- (sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body)