English noun: somatic sensation | |||
1. | somatic sensation (cognition) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations | ||
Samples | He relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes. | ||
Synonyms | somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somesthesia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | perception | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | feeling, pain, pain sensation, painful sensation, pressure, pressure sensation, prickling, temperature, tingle, tingling | ||