Definition of somatosensory
: of, relating to, or being sensory activity having its origin elsewhere than in the special sense organs (such as eyes and ears) and conveying information about the state of the body proper and its immediate environment
also
: relating to or being either of two regions in the parietal lobe that receive and process somatosensory stimuli
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The first known use of somatosensory was in 1952
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