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