somesthetic

somesthetic
som·es·thet·ic or chiefly Brit som·aes·thet·ic -es-'thet-ik adj of, relating to, or concerned with bodily sensations <a \somesthetic image of the body created by the brain from sensory inputs of touch, pressure, cold, heat, and pain>

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