The faculty of bodily perception

• Sensory systems associated with the body
• The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
• Includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs

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: somaesthesia , somatesthesia , somatic sensation ] the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. somatesthesia