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Preferred Name

Touch sensation
Synonyms

Touch perception|Tactile sensation|Tactile perception
ID

http://bioontology.org/projects/ontologies/birnlex#birnlex_1803
abbrev

class_or_indiv

true
definition

* Awareness of the qualities or characteristics of objects, substances, or surfaces by means of touch. (PSY) * Sensation or perception by which contact with objects, animate or inanimate, gives evidence as to certain qualities or characteristics. (MSH) * The series of events required for an organism to receive a touch stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. The perception of touch in animals is mediated by mechanoreceptors in the skin and mucous membranes and is the sense by which contact with objects gives evidence as to certain of their qualities. Different types of touch can be perceived (for example, light, coarse, pressure and tickling) and the stimulus may be external or internal (e.g. the feeling of a full stomach). [GO:ai] (GO) * Touch; the faculty of touch, the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin. (NCI) * group of senses by which contact with objects gives evidence as to certain of their qualities, as registered by mechanoreceptors in the skin and mucous membranes. (CSP)

external_id_urls

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2008/MB_cgi?field=uid&term=D014110
external_ids

umlsCUI:C0702221|meshUID:D014110
label

Touch sensation
mod_date

2008-03-13
preferred_label

Touch sensation
prefixIRI

birnlex_1803
retired

false
synonyms

Touch perception|Tactile sensation|Tactile perception
subClassOf

http://bioontology.org/projects/ontologies/birnlex#birnlex_1822
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