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    CUTANEOUS SENSATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A sensation localized on the skinplay

    Synonyms:

    cutaneous sensation; haptic sensation; skin sensation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("cutaneous sensation" is a kind of...):

    feeling; tactile sensation; tactual sensation; touch; touch sensation (the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutaneous sensation"):

    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)

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