cutaneous touch
1Cutaneous innervation — refers to the area of the skin which is supplied by a specific cutaneous nerve. Dermatomes are similar; however, a dermatome only specifies the area served by a spinal nerve. In some cases, the dermatome is less specific (when a spinal nerve is… …
2Touch illusion — Touch illusions are illusions that exploit the sense of touch. Some touch illusions require active touch (e.g., movement of the fingers or hands), whereas others can be evoked passively (e.g., with external stimuli that press against the… …
3Cutaneous receptor — A cutaneous receptor is a type of sensory receptor found in the dermis or epidermis. They are a part of the somatosensory system. Cutaneous receptors include e.g. cutaneous mechanoreceptors, nociceptors (pain) and thermoreceptors (temperature).… …
4cutaneous senses — noun the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us • Syn: ↑touch, ↑sense of touch, ↑skin senses, ↑touch… …
5touch modality — noun the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us • Syn: ↑touch, ↑sense of touch, ↑skin senses,… …
6touch sensation — noun the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin she likes the touch of silk on her skin the surface had a greasy feeling • Syn: ↑touch, ↑tactual sensation, ↑tactile sensation, ↑feeling • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
7cutaneous anthrax — malignant ma*lig nant, a. [L. malignans, antis, p. pr. of malignare, malignari, to do or make maliciously. See {Malign}, and cf. {Benignant}.] 1. Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or… …
8cutaneous sensation — noun a sensation localized on the skin • Syn: ↑haptic sensation, ↑skin sensation • Hypernyms: ↑touch, ↑touch sensation, ↑tactual sensation, ↑tactile sensation, ↑feeling …
9sense of touch — noun the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) (Freq. 10) only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us • Syn: ↑touch, ↑skin senses, ↑touch… …
10light touch — Synonyms and related words: breath, brush, caress, contact, cutaneous sense, feel, feeling, fingertip caress, flick, glance, graze, hand mindedness, kiss, lambency, lap, lick, rub, sense of touch, stroke, tactile sense, taction, tap, tentative… …
