Organ or Tissue Function
touch Audio
touch [ tuhch ]
Subclass of:
Esthesia
Definitions related to touch sensation:
  • (touch) Group of senses by which contact with objects gives evidence as to certain of their qualities, as registered by mechanoreceptors in the skin and mucous membranes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (touch) Sensation of making physical contact with objects, animate or inanimate. Tactile stimuli are detected by MECHANORECEPTORS in the skin and mucous membranes.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (touch) The faculty of touch, the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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