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Definition of Tactile

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch. "A tactile reflex"

2. Adjective. Producing a sensation of touch. "The tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair"

Definition of Tactile

1. 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.

Definition of Tactile

1. pertaining to the sense of touch [adj]

Medical Definition of Tactile

1. 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. "Tactile sweets." . "Tactile qualities." . Tactile sense, the sense of touch, or pressure sense. See Touch. "The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is geatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm." (H. N. Martin) Origin: L. Tactilis, fr. Tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. F. Tactile. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tactile

tactful tactfully tactfulness tactfulnesses tactic tactical tactically tactical intelligence tactical maneuver tactical manoeuvre

tactical warning tactician tacticians tactics tactile (current term) tactile (current term) tactilely tactile agnosia tactile agnosia tactile anaesthesia

tactile cell tactile corpuscle tactile disk tactile elevations tactile fremitus tactile hair tactile hallucination tactile hyperesthesia tactile image tactile meniscus

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