2. (noun)somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs Synonyms: somaesthesis, somatic sense, somatesthesia, somatic sensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis, somatic sensation, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somaesthesia