CUTANEOUS SENSATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)