Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tactual_sensation

2 senses of tactual sensation

Sense 1
touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling -- (the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling")
       => perception -- (the process of perceiving)

Sense 2
tactual sensation, tactility, touch perception, skin perceptiveness -- (the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain)
       => somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense -- (the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs)