Includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs

• Sensory systems associated with the body
• The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
• The faculty of bodily perception

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. awareness of one's own body

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes" [syn: somesthesia , somaesthesia , somatic sensation ] the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; ...