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somesthetic
adjective(som-es-thet-ic)
of, relating to, or concerned with bodily sensations
somesthetic
noun(som-es-thet-ic)
somatosensory cortex
somesthetic
noun(som-es-thet-ic)
either of two regions in the postcentral gyrus that receive and process somatosensory stimuli —called also somatosensory area, somesthetic area

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