skin sensation
- noun
- /skɪn sɛnˈseɪʃən/
:
sensación cutánea
- In my case, the burning skin sensation has been perplexing, and googling things on the internet has led me to believe I have everything from Lyme disease to mercury poisoning (in other words, if you've used Depo-Provera, look to that first because of all the stories you have to believe that's the problem if everything else tests fine).
Examples
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After sitting in the sun, I felt a warm skin sensation that indicated I was getting sunburned.
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Itch is a skin sensation leading to a desire to scratch.
Academic text (1999) -
The doctor explained that the tingling skin sensation could be a sign of nerve damage.
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The cold skin sensation from the ice pack helped reduce the swelling on her ankle.
Synonyms
580
1.0
A physical sensation you notice through touch or inside your body
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3.5
A feeling in your body from touch, pain, or heat
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4.9
The feeling you get when your skin is touched or pressed
A feeling on the skin, for example touch, heat, or pain
A feeling you get through your skin when you touch something
A feeling on your skin when you touch or press something
A feeling on the skin when something presses or rests on it
A simple feeling you get from touch, sight, hearing, taste or smell
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a physical feeling at the surface of the skin' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'skin' (the body's outer covering) with 'sensation' (a physical feeling). This is a straightforward noun–noun composition following common English compounding patterns and parallels constructions in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun skin sensation comes from a simple picture: skin, the body's outer layer, and sensation, a 'feeling', so it refers to any feeling you notice on your skin, like tingling, itching or numbness.