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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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thought insertion

thought insertion

a delusion in which the individual believes that thoughts have been irresistibly forced into his or her mind and ascribes these thoughts to outside sources.