pressure sensation
- noun
- Specialized
:
sensación de presión
- After the massage, she experienced a soothing pressure sensation that relaxed her muscles.
Examples
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He felt a strong pressure sensation on his arm when the doctor checked his blood pressure.
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She did report a pressure sensation.
Academic text (2008) -
When the bubble wrap popped, he had a brief pressure sensation on his fingers before the burst.
Synonyms
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1.0
The feeling when something presses against your body
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4.9
The feeling you get when your skin is touched or pressed
A feeling on the skin when something presses or rests on it
A feeling on your skin when you touch or press something
A feeling you get through your skin when you touch something
A feeling on the skin, for example touch, heat, or pain
A feeling you have on the surface of the skin
Antonyms
How Strong
- Specialized
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: combining 'pressure' (a feeling of something pressing) with 'sensation' (a physical feeling) yields the idea of a feeling of pressure on the body. This noun+noun construction is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Pressure sensation comes from a simple image: someone pressing the skin and noticing the touch. pressure is the push and sensation is the 'feeling', so it means the 'feeling' you get when something 'pushes' on your skin.