Hypernym

noun

any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain

somesthesia 2

noun

the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs

kinaesthesia 1

noundomain: thinking

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc

Synonyms

kinesthesia 1
the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
feeling of movement 1
the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc

Derivationally related form

kinaesthetic 1

adjective

of or relating to kinesthesis