cutaneous senses

Noun

Meaning

the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

touch sense of touch skin senses touch modality

Hypernyms

exteroception somatosense

Examples

only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cutaneous rabbit illusion cutaneous receptor cutaneous sensation cutaneous t-cell lymphoma cutaneous tumor cutaneous vein