What is "somaesthesia"

n. the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes" [syn: somesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation]

the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs [syn: somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somatatesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense]