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skin sensation

DEFINITIONS OF: skin sensation

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n a sensation localized on the skin

Synonyms:
cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation
Types:
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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
pruritus
an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.)
Type of:
feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
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