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CUTANEOUS SENSATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sensation localized on the skin
Synonyms:
cutaneous sensation; haptic sensation; skin sensation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cutaneous sensation" is a kind of...):
feeling; tactile sensation; tactual sensation; touch; touch sensation (the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutaneous sensation"):
tickle (a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking)
itch; itchiness; itching (an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch)
topognosia; topognosis (recognition of the location of a stimulus on the skin)
urtication (a sensation of having been stung by nettles)
