SOMATOSENSORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does somatosensory mean? 

• SOMATOSENSORY (adjective)
  The adjective SOMATOSENSORY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the somatosenses

  Familiarity information: SOMATOSENSORY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOMATOSENSORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the somatosenses

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

somatosense (any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain)

 Context examples 

The central sulcus separates the primary somatosensory cortex from the primary motor cortex and the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe.

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Symptoms vary with different lesion locations and may include but not limited to the motor (e.g. rhythmic muscle contractions in one area of the body), somatosensory and sensory alterations manifested by abnormal numbness, paresthesias or other hallucinations, including several types of aura; autonomic and psychic symptoms, e.g. with changes in speech, thought, personality, mood, sensation of deja vu or hallucinations.

(Partial Seizure, NCI Thesaurus)