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somatosensory amplification

somatosensory amplification noun: a tendency to perceive normal somatic and visceral sensations as being relatively intense, disturbing and noxious.

Noun

somatosensory amplification (uncountable)

  1. A tendency to perceive normal somatic and visceral sensations as being relatively intense, disturbing and noxious

Questions about somatosensory amplification

What does somatosensory amplification mean?
Somatosensory amplification means a tendency to perceive normal somatic and visceral sensations as being relatively intense, disturbing and noxious.
What part of speech is somatosensory amplification?
Somatosensory amplification is a noun.

Words near somatosensory amplification in the dictionary

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

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