HAPTIC SENSATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haptic sensation mean? 

• HAPTIC SENSATION (noun)
  The noun HAPTIC SENSATION has 1 sense:

1. a sensation localized on the skin

  Familiarity information: HAPTIC SENSATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAPTIC SENSATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sensation localized on the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

cutaneous sensation; haptic sensation; skin sensation

Hypernyms ("haptic 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 "haptic 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)