tactual sensation

English Thesaurus

1. the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis,
definition	:	the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs (noun.cognition)

2. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	perception,
definition	:	the process of perceiving (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	creepiness,
definition	:	an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation,
definition	:	a sensation localized on the skin (noun.cognition)

3. the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	tactile, tactual,
definition	:	producing a sensation of touch (adj.all)

derivation	:	haptic, tactile, tactual,
definition	:	of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch (adj.pert)

4. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	feel, finger,
definition	:	examine by touch (verb.contact)

derivation	:	touch,
definition	:	perceive via the tactile sense (verb.perception)

5. the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	tactile, tactual,
definition	:	producing a sensation of touch (adj.all)

derivation	:	haptic, tactile, tactual,
definition	:	of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch (adj.pert)

6. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	feel, finger,
definition	:	examine by touch (verb.contact)

derivation	:	touch,
definition	:	perceive via the tactile sense (verb.perception)