somaesthesia
somaesthesis (ˌsɒmɪsˈθiːsɪs) US somesthesia or somesthesis
/ (ˌsɒmɪsˈθiːzɪə) /
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noun
sensory perception of bodily feelings like touch, pain, position of the limbs, etc
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Derived forms of somaesthesia
somaesthetic or US somesthetic (ˌsɒmɪsˈθɛtɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for somaesthesia
C20: from Greek sōma body + aesthesia
Words nearby somaesthesia
Solzhenitsyn, Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, som, SOM1, soma, somaesthesia, Somali, Somalia, Somalian, Somali cat, Somali Current
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