somesthesia

Definitions of somesthesia

1. noun

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

   types:

   skin perceptiveness, tactility, tactual sensation, touch perception

   the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain

   feeling of movement, kinaesthesia, kinesthesia

   the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc

   type of:

   interoception

   sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body
2. noun

   the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
   “he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes”

   synonyms: somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation

   types:

   feeling

   a physical sensation that you experience

   prickling, tingle, tingling

   a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles

   pressure, pressure sensation

   the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin

   pain, pain sensation, painful sensation

   a somatic sensation of acute discomfort

   temperature

   the somatic sensation of cold or heat

   constriction, tightness

   a tight feeling in some part of the body

   pins and needles

   a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation

   mittelschmerz

   pain in the area of the ovary that is felt at the time of ovulation (usually midway through the menstrual cycle)

   phantom limb pain

   pain felt by an amputee that seems to be located in the missing limb

   twinge

   a sharp stab of pain

   heat, warmth

   the sensation caused by heat energy

   cold, coldness

   the sensation produced by low temperatures

   comfort zone

   the temperature range (between 28 and 30 degrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweating

   type of:

   perception

   the process of perceiving