PRESSURE SENSATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pressure sensation mean? 

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

1. the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESSURE SENSATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

pressure; pressure sensation

Context example:

the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal

Hypernyms ("pressure sensation" is a kind of...):

somaesthesia; somatesthesia; somatic sensation; somesthesia (the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations)