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somesthetic disorder

somesthetic disorder

any dysfunction involving the somatosenses, such as difficulty in maintaining postural or positional awareness or a lack of sensitivity to pain, touch, or temperature. Somesthetic disorders are usually related to parietal lobe damage.

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