noun
somesthesis
Somesthesis (noun) means 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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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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Etymology
Blend of somatic + esthesis.
Rhymes for somesthesis
thesis
nemesis
genesis
exegesis
synthesis
antithesis
hypothesis
prosthesis
telekinesis
photosynthesis
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What is the meaning of somesthesis?
"somesthesis" (noun) means 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.