The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
Synonyms: somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation
Meaning #2:
the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
Synonyms: somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somatatesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense
