somatic sense
- noun
- /səˈmætɪk sɛns/
- Specialized
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sentido somático
- The somatic sense allows us to perceive touch, pressure, pain, and temperature.
Examples
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Proprioception is a component of the somatic sense responsible for body position awareness.
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Damage to certain nerves can impair a person's somatic sense.
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The somatic sense helps us feel temperature changes.
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She relies on her somatic senses to navigate the world.
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The somatic sense allows us to respond quickly to harmful stimuli, such as touching something hot.
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Damage to certain nerves can lead to significant loss of somatic sense, affecting how we perceive pain.
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Without a functioning somatic sense, people may struggle to recognize their body's position or movement.
Synonyms
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Ability to feel physical things like touch or pain
The feelings your body gets from skin, muscles, joints, and organs like touch, temperature, pain, and body position
To feel touch, know where your body parts are, and notice feelings inside your body
The sense of feeling touch, temperature, pain, and body position
The ability to feel touch, body position, and feelings inside the body
A feeling in your body that tells you about touch or where your arms and legs are
How Sensitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'somatic' (body-related) and 'sense' (a perceptual faculty), so the meaning 'faculty for perceiving bodily sensations' is directly derivable from the constituents. Although 'somatic' is somewhat technical, the compositional logic is clear and would be understandable to a learner who knows both words.
Etymology
The noun somatic sense comes from the Greek word somatic, from 'soma' meaning 'body', so think of it as a 'body' sense. So, somatic sense means the ability to feel things on and inside your body, like touch, pain, temperature, and knowing where your arms and legs are.