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somatosensory

somatosensory adjective: of or pertaining to the perception of sensory stimuli produced by the skin or internal organs.

Adjective

somatosensory (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the perception of sensory stimuli produced by the skin or internal organs

Origin of somatosensory

From somato- + sensory.

Words formed from somatosensory

Words that rhyme with somatosensory

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Questions about somatosensory

What does somatosensory mean?
Somatosensory means of or pertaining to the perception of sensory stimuli produced by the skin or internal organs.
What part of speech is somatosensory?
Somatosensory is an adjective.

Words near somatosensory in the dictionary

  1. somatosensorial
  2. somatosensoric
  3. somatosensorily
  4. somatosensorimotor
  5. somatosensors
  6. somatosensory
  7. somatosensory amplification
  8. somatosensory cortex
  9. somatosis
  10. somatosound
  11. somatosounds

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