loss of sensation

No tactile perception

Loss of sensation is the inability to feel touch, pain, temperature, or other stimuli in part of the body.

It can result from nerve damage, injury, or conditions affecting the nervous system: The patient reported loss of sensation in her fingertips.

Numbness is the more common term in everyday speech.

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sensory capacity

loss of sensationsensation

Perceived stimulus or phenomenon

feeling · sensory perception · hypersensitivity · sensitivity · tactile sensation

sensory intensity

loss of sensationhypersensitivity

Exaggerated response to stimuli

sensory overload · oversensitivity · tingling · paresthesia

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