viscraceptuality

(vihs' ruh sep' shoo AA lih tee)
n. In Grumman's psychology that awareness, or part of the over-all
consciousness, which has to do with one's sensation of the state of
one's viscera (e.g., blood, stomach, genitals): a subdivision of
sensuality which includes one's awareness of hunger, sexual
desire, illness, and so forth.
Origin: [From "viscera" and "ceptuality."][rec'd October 22, 1989]

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