somesthetic
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somesthetic — som·es·thet·ic or chiefly Brit som·aes·thet·ic es thet ik adj of, relating to, or concerned with bodily sensations <a somesthetic image of the body created by the brain from sensory inputs of touch, pressure, cold, heat, and pain> … Medical dictionary
somesthetic area — n somatosensory cortex * * * somatosensory a … Medical dictionary
somesthetic — adjective Of or pertaining to somesthesia … Wiktionary
somesthetic — som·esthetic … English syllables
somesthetic — |sōm+ adjective Etymology: from somesthesia, after such pairs as English anesthesia : anesthetic : of, relating to, or concerned with bodily sensations … Useful english dictionary
somesthetic cortex — somatosensory area … Medical dictionary
somesthetic area — noun : a sensory area of either parietal lobe of the brain … Useful english dictionary
somesthetic receptor — noun : a sensory end organ concerned with the reception of stimuli producing one of the generalized sensations (as temperature, pressure, position, or movement) … Useful english dictionary
cetacean — cetaceous, adj. /si tay sheuhn/, adj. 1. belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic, chiefly marine mammals, including the whales and dolphins. n. 2. a cetacean mammal. [1830 40; < NL Cetace(a) name of the order (see CET , ACEA) + AN] * * *… … Universalium
List of regions in the human brain — Anatomical regions of the brain are listed vertically, following hierarchies that are standard in neuroanatomy. Functional, connective and developmental regions are listed horizontally in parentheses where appropriate.Functional and connective… … Wikipedia
