Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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touch modality | Yes | No | No | No |
somatosense | Yes | No | No | No |
touch modality (noun) | somatosense (noun) |
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the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) | any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain |