somatic sensation
Noun
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The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations (synset 105729127)
"he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"is a type of: perception - the process of perceivingsubtypes:
- feeling - a physical sensation that you experience
- prickling, tingle, tingling - a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings
- pressure, pressure sensation - the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin
- pain, pain sensation, painful sensation - a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
- temperature - the somatic sensation of cold or heat
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