Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

somesthesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: somes-the-sis
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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

Uncountable

Etymology

Blend of somatic + esthesis.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

somesthesia somaesthesia somaesthesis somatesthesia somataesthesis somatosensory system somatic sensory system somatic sense

Questions

What does somesthesis mean?: 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
Where does somesthesis come from?: Blend of somatic + esthesis.

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