Definition of Somatesthesia

Noun: somatesthesia

The perception of tactual, proprioceptive or gut sensations
"he relied on somatesthesia to warn him of pressure changes";
- somesthesia [N. Amer], somaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], somatic sensation
The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
- somesthesia [N. Amer], somesthesis [N. Amer], somaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], somaesthesis [Cdn], somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense