touch sensation
- noun
- /tʌtʃ sɛnˈseɪʃən/
- Specialized
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sensación táctil
- The patient reported a loss of touch sensation in her fingertips after the injury.
If the problem was on the backside of the cord, it would cause a a problem potentially with a light touch sensation in the legs.
- If the problem was on the backside of the cord, it would cause a a problem potentially with a light touch sensation in the legs.
Examples
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We might get touch sensation coming into our parietal cortex.
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If the problem was on the backside of the cord, it would cause a a problem potentially with a light touch sensation in the legs.
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After touching the hot stove, he experienced a sharp touch sensation that quickly faded.
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The doctor explained that nerves are responsible for transmitting touch sensation to the brain.
Synonyms
580
1.0
A physical sensation you notice through touch or inside your body
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1.0
A feeling when your skin meets something or someone
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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 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
A feeling on your skin when you touch or press something
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase meaning is directly compositional: 'touch' (skin contact) + 'sensation' (physical feeling) together restate the same concept, so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning. This noun–noun combination is cross-linguistically common and non-idiomatic, making it immediately transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Touch sensation comes from the simple idea of two parts: touch (when something touches your skin) and sensation (a feeling or signal you notice). It pictures tiny nerves in the skin sending a signal to your brain when you are touched, so the phrase now means 'the physical feeling when something comes into contact with the skin'.