Definition of: cenesthesia

(sē′nis·thē′zhə, -zhē·ə, sen′is-) noun Psychol.
The diffuse internal awareness of bodily existence, caused by the interaction of numerous unlocalized sensations whose aggregate expression may be of any degree of pain or pleasure. Also ce′nes·the′sis. Sometimes spelled coenesthesia, coenesthesis. [<CEN(O)- + Gk. aisthēsis feeling]
—ce′nes·thet′ic (-thet′ik) adjective