somesthesia
NOUN
11 LETTERS · STARTS WITH S
somesthesia is a valid 11-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
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WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1O1M3E1S1T1H4E1S1I1A1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING
What does somesthesia mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs.
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2
The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations.
“he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes”
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