Noun: tactility
- The faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure, heat or pain
"The surgeon's tactility was crucial for performing delicate procedures";
- tactual sensation, touch perception, skin perceptiveness
Derived forms: tactilities
Type of: somaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], somaesthesis [Cdn], somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia [N. Amer], somesthesis [N. Amer]