skin sensation

Other forms: skin sensations

Definitions of skin sensation

1. noun

   a sensation localized on the skin
   synonyms: cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation

   types:

   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