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modality, sense modality, sensory system
a particular sense
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sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
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acuteness
a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
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hypersensitivity
extreme sensitivity
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reactivity, responsiveness
responsive to stimulation
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exteroception
sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
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interoception
sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body
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photosensitivity, radiosensitivity
sensitivity to the action of radiant energy
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sight, vision, visual modality, visual sense
the ability to see; the visual faculty
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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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audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, hearing, sense of hearing
the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
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gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste
the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
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olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell, smell
the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents