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cutaneous senses

DEFINITIONS OF: cutaneous senses

1

n the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)

Synonyms:
sense of touch, skin senses, touch, touch modality
Type of:
exteroception
sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
somatosense
any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain
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