Definition of sensation

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Sensation (n.) A state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it..

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Thirst :: Thirst (n.) A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation..
Freeze :: Freeze (v. t.) To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill..
Chilliness :: Chilliness (n.) A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.
Ideology :: Ideology (n.) A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation.
Tingle :: Tingle (v. i.) To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound..
Sense :: Sense (v. t.) Perception by the sensory organs of the body; sensation; sensibility; feeling.
Impassible :: Impassible (a.) Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation..
Bloodstroke :: Bloodstroke (n.) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
Creep :: Creep (n.) A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects..
Give :: Give (n.) To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain..
Bite :: Bite (v. i.) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard..
Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice..
Sensorium :: Sensorium (n.) The seat of sensation; the nervous center or centers to which impressions from the external world must be conveyed before they can be perceived; the place where external impressions are localized, and transformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other parts of the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations..
Feel :: Feel (v. i.) To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body..
Nettle :: Nettle (n.) A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England..
Numb :: Numb (v. t.) To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
Percussion :: Percussion (n.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate..
Tactile :: Tactile (a.) Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations..
Excito-motory :: Excito-motory (a.) Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition..
Presensation :: Presensation (n.) Previous sensation, notion, or idea..
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