Definition of sensation

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Sensation (n.) An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, produced either by an external object (stimulus), or by some change in the internal state of the body..

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Sensationalist :: Sensationalist (n.) One who practices sensational writing or speaking.
Sensation :: Sensation (n.) A state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it..
Sensationalism :: Sensationalism (n.) The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel..
Itchy :: Itchy (a.) Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation..
Anaesthesia :: Anaesthesia (n.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic.
Bloodstroke :: Bloodstroke (n.) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
Antenna :: Antenna (n.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids..
Urticaria :: Urticaria (n.) The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo..
Smell :: Smell (n.) To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes..
Sentiency :: Sentiency (n.) The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation..
Compassion :: Compassion (n.) Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration..
Tensive :: Tensive (a.) Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction..
Aestho-physiology :: Aestho-physiology (n.) The science of sensation in relation to nervous action.
Sensificatory :: Sensificatory (a.) Susceptible of, or converting into, sensation; as, the sensificatory part of a nervous system..
Aura :: Aura (n.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics..
Thrill :: Thrill (v. i.) To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body..
Sensationalism :: Sensationalism (n.) The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; sensualism; -- opposed to intuitionalism, and rationalism..
Telepathy :: Telepathy (n.) The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation..
Paralysis :: Paralysis (n.) Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia. Also used figuratively..
Sensible :: Sensible (n.) Sensation; sensibility.
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