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Noun: pressure sensation
  1. The somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin
    "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure sensation and temperature was normal";
    - pressure

Derived forms: pressure sensations

Type of: somaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia [N. Amer]

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