| NOUN | cognition | somataesthesis, somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense | the faculty of bodily perception |
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| Meaning | The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs. | |
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| Synonyms | somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense | |
| Parts | proprioception | The ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts |
| touch, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses | The faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) | |
| Narrower | kinesthesia, kinaesthesia, feeling of movement | The perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc |
| tactual sensation, tactility, touch perception, skin perceptiveness | The faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain | |
| Broader | interoception | sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body |
| Catalan | sistema somatosensorial | |
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