sense of touch

Definitions of sense of touch

1. noun

   the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
   synonyms: cutaneous senses, skin senses, touch, touch modality

   type of:

   exteroception

   sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body

   somatosense

   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