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(noun) the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain |
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Synonyms: skin perceptiveness, tactility, touch perception |
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Related Words: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatatesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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(noun) the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling" |
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Synonyms: feeling, tactile sensation, touch, touch sensation |
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Related Words: cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, perception, skin sensation |
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