somesthesis

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noun

All of the various sensory systems in the skin and other bodily tissues responsible for the senses of touch-pressure, warmth and coldness, pain, itch together with positioning and movement

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Meanings

nounsomesthesis (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAll of the various sensory systems in the skin and other bodily tissues responsible for the senses of touch-pressure, warmth and coldness, pain, itch together with positioning and movement

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs

Similar
somesthesiasomaesthesiasomaesthesissomatesthesiasomataesthesissomatosensory systemsomatic sensory systemsomatic sense
Broader
interoception
Also see
somatesthesiasomesthesia

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Blend of somatic + esthesis.

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APA

somesthesis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somesthesis

MLA

“somesthesis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somesthesis. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somesthesis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somesthesis.

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