a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed; "dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell"
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Sensitiveness
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"
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the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.a cause for feeling concern; "his major care was the illness of his wife"
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Environmental science, Negative emotions, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.capacity or power to produce a desired effect; "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.capacity or power to produce a desired effect; "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.extreme sensitivity
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Perception, Medical physiology.a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
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To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.mental responsiveness and awareness
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.The supposed faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs and currents by sensation; -- so called from one Bleton, of France.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning agai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four departments of a univer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself; tha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, responsiveness, external, stimuli, faculty.The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity…
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