tactual sensation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
tactual sensation
    n 1: the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin;
         "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had
         a greasy feeling" [syn: {touch}, {touch sensation},
         {tactual sensation}, {tactile sensation}, {feeling}]
    2: the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or
       pain [syn: {tactual sensation}, {tactility}, {touch
       perception}, {skin perceptiveness}]
    

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