touch - CISMeF

Preferred Label : touch;

MeSH definition : Sensation of making physical contact with objects, animate or inanimate. Tactile stimuli are detected by MECHANORECEPTORS in the skin and mucous membranes.;

MeSH synonym : sense, tactile; taction; touch sense; tactions; sense of touch; touch senses; tactile sense; senses, tactile; tactile senses;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Haptic perception;

MeSH annotation : differentiate from TOUCH PERCEPTION: TOUCH takes place in the skin and mucous membranes, TOUCH PERCEPTION takes place in the brain;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haptic perception;

Details

Origin ID

D014110;

UMLS CUI

C0702221;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- touch [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- therapeutic touch [MeSH Descriptor]
- touch perception [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Organ or Tissue Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Sense of touch [LOINC System]
- Touch [ICNP subject]
- Touch [NCIt concept]
- Touch sensation, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Touching [ICNP action]
- sensory perception of touch [GO term]
- touch sensation [SNOMED Notion]

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