thermic sense
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ther·mo·es·the·si·a
(ther'mō-es-thē'zē-ă),The ability to distinguish differences of temperature.
[thermo- + G. aisthēsis, sensation]
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sense
(sens) [L. sensus, a feeling]1. To perceive through a sense organ.
2. The general faculty by which conditions outside or inside the body are perceived. The most important of the senses are sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch and pressure, temperature, weight, resistance and tension (muscle sense), pain, position, proprioception, visceral and sexual sensations, equilibrium, and hunger and thirst.
3. Any special faculty of sensation connected with a particular organ.
4. Normal power of understanding.
5. The ability of an artificial pacemaker to detect an electrically conducted signal produced by the heart, such as a P wave or QRS complex.
6. In nucleic acid chemistry, the strand of DNA whose nucleotide order codes for messenger RNA.
color sense
The ability to distinguish differences in color; one of the three parts of visual function.
form sense
The ability to recognize shapes; one of the three parts of visual function.
kinesthetic sense
The brain's awareness of the position of muscles, both moving and at rest. The sense may be conscious or unconscious.
Synonym: motor sense; muscular senselight sense
One of the three parts of visual function, the other parts being color sense and form sense. It is tested by visual field examination.
See: color sense; form sensemotor sense
Kinesthetic sense.muscular sense
Kinesthetic sense.posture sense
Proprioception.pressure sense
The ability to feel various degrees of pressure on the body surface. Synonym: baresthesia
space sense
The sense by which people recognize objects in space, their relationship, and their dimensions.
special senses
The senses of sight, touch, hearing, equilibrium, smell, and taste.
static sense
The sense that makes it possible to maintain equilibrium.
stereognostic sense
The ability to judge the consistency and shape of objects held in the fingers.
temperature sense
The ability to detect differences of temperature. The receptors for heat and cold are free nerve endings in the dermis; sensory impulses may be perceived by the thalamus as a poorly localized temperature sensation. The sensory area of the parietal lobe can localize the sensation much more precisely. Adaptation is fairly rapid unless the temperature is extreme. Synonym: thermal sense; thermesthesia; thermic sense
thermal sense
Temperature sense.thermic sense
Temperature sense.time sense
The ability to detect differences in time intervals.
tone sense
The ability to distinguish between different tones.
vibratory sense
The ability to perceive vibrations transmitted through the skin to deep tissues. It is usually tested by placing a vibrating tuning fork over bony prominences.
visceral sense
The subjective perception of the sensations of the internal organs.
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