skin sensation

Noun
  1. A sensation localized on the skin (synset 105731155)
    is a type of: feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation - the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation

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