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Tactual sensation Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Tactual sensation has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

"she likes the touch of silk on her skin"

"the surface had a greasy feeling"

2

the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
perception somesthesia
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
creepiness cutaneous sensation
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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