sensation : Idioms & Phrases

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auditory sensation

  • noun the subjective sensation of hearing something
    sound.
    • he strained to hear the faint sounds
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cutaneous sensation

  • noun a sensation localized on the skin
    haptic sensation; cutaneous sensation.
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gustatory sensation

  • noun the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
    taste; gustatory sensation; gustatory perception; taste perception.
    • the candy left him with a bad taste
    • the melon had a delicious taste
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haptic sensation

  • noun a sensation localized on the skin
    haptic sensation; cutaneous sensation.
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olfactory sensation

  • noun the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
    odour; odor; smell; olfactory perception.
    • she loved the smell of roses
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pain sensation

  • noun a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
    pain sensation; pain.
    • as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain
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painful sensation

  • noun a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
    pain sensation; pain.
    • as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain
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pressure sensation

  • noun the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin
    pressure.
    • the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal
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skin sensation

  • noun a sensation localized on the skin
    haptic sensation; cutaneous sensation.
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somatic sensation

  • noun the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
    somesthesia; somatesthesia; somaesthesia.
    • he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes
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Subjective sensation

  • (Physiol.), one of the sensations occurring when stimuli due to internal causes excite the nervous apparatus of the sense organs, as when a person imagines he sees figures which have no objective reality.
Webster 1913

tactile sensation

  • noun the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
    touch; feeling; tactual sensation; tactile sensation.
    • she likes the touch of silk on her skin
    • the surface had a greasy feeling
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tactual sensation

  • noun the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
    touch; feeling; tactual sensation; tactile sensation.
    • she likes the touch of silk on her skin
    • the surface had a greasy feeling
  • noun the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain
    tactility; touch perception; skin perceptiveness.
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taste sensation

  • noun the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
    taste; gustatory sensation; gustatory perception; taste perception.
    • the candy left him with a bad taste
    • the melon had a delicious taste
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touch sensation

  • noun the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
    touch; feeling; tactual sensation; tactile sensation.
    • she likes the touch of silk on her skin
    • the surface had a greasy feeling
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visual sensation

  • noun the perceptual experience of seeing
    vision.
    • the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision
    • he had a visual sensation of intense light
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