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Sensation

Meanings and phrases

sensation

n.

1. an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; esthesis; aesthesis; sense experience; sense impression; sense datum
2. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field; ace; adept; champion; maven; mavin; virtuoso; genius; hotshot; star; superstar; whiz; whizz; wizard; wiz
3. a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
4. a state of widespread public excitement and interest
5. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; sense; sentience; sentiency; sensory faculty

auditory sensation

n.

1. the subjective sensation of hearing something; sound

cutaneous sensation

n.

1. a sensation localized on the skin; haptic sensation; skin sensation

gustatory sensation

n.

1. the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; taste; taste sensation; taste perception; gustatory perception

haptic sensation

n.

1. a sensation localized on the skin; cutaneous sensation; skin sensation

olfactory sensation

n.

1. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; smell; odor; odour; olfactory perception

pain sensation

n.

1. a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; pain; painful sensation

painful sensation

n.

1. a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; pain; pain sensation

pressure sensation

n.

1. the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; pressure

skin sensation

n.

1. a sensation localized on the skin; cutaneous sensation; haptic sensation

somatic sensation

n.

1. the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; somesthesia; somaesthesia; somatesthesia

tactile sensation

n.

1. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; touch; touch sensation; tactual sensation; feeling

tactual sensation

n.

1. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; touch; touch sensation; tactile sensation; feeling
2. the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain; tactility; touch perception; skin perceptiveness

taste sensation

n.

1. the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; taste; gustatory sensation; taste perception; gustatory perception

touch sensation

n.

1. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; touch; tactual sensation; tactile sensation; feeling

visual sensation

n.

1. the perceptual experience of seeing; vision

caused a sensation

E.g.

• News reports of the armour caused a sensation throughout Australia and much of the world.
• Her success caused a sensation in the national media, who dubbed her the "Knuckle Princess".
• With the group's experimentation with various Afro-Cuban styles, jazz and R&B, it caused a sensation.

created a sensation

E.g.

• The theatre created a sensation by screening 70mm films in the 1970s.
• In the 1970s this movie theatre created a sensation by screening 70mm films.
• "Shannon"s victory created a sensation in both the United States and Great Britain.

burning sensation

E.g.

• At first the patient experiences a burning sensation in the mouth, throat and stomach.
• The lesions are usually asymptomatic, but can be tender, itch, bleed, or produce a stinging or burning sensation.
• It might be described as pressure, tightness, knifelike, tearing, burning sensation (all these are also manifested during other diseases).