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Definition of Cutaneous senses
1. Noun. The faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands). "Only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"
Generic synonyms: Exteroception, Somatosense
Group relationships: Somaesthesia, Somaesthesis, Somataesthesis, Somatesthesia, Somatic Sense, Somatic Sensory System, Somatosensory System, Somesthesia, Somesthesis
Derivative terms: Touch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cutaneous Senses
Literary usage of Cutaneous senses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Human Psychology by Howard Crosby Warren (1922)
"... more closely to the nutritious and harmful. On the whole, taste is probably
the least valuable of all the senses. 5-7. cutaneous senses: TOUCH ..."
2. A Text-book of psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1910)
"cutaneous senses § 38. The Skin and its Senses. — In popular parlan« touch is
ranked as a fifth sense beside sight and hearing ..."
3. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1905)
"The four sensory qualities enumerated constitute the cutaneous senses, ...
A most interesting fact in regard to the cutaneous senses is that they are not ..."
4. Human Psychology by Howard Crosby Warren (1919)
"cutaneous senses: TOUCH, WARMTH, COLD Receptors for Cutaneous Sensibility.
— The outer surface of the body is susceptible to several kinds of stimulation. ..."
5. Foundations of Biology by Lorande Loss Woodruff (1922)
"cutaneous senses Confining our attention to the Vertebrates we find that practically
the entire surface of the body constitutes a sense organ, ..."
6. Psychology by Burtis Burr Breese (1917)
"The psychological implication points to the complete separation of the subcutaneous
and cutaneous senses. Careful exploration of the cutaneous surface ..."
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