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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread forgotten word #507 03/19/00 04:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 9 C copyboy OP stranger OP copyboy stranger C Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 9 What is the word that describes the skin's ability to ignore the sensation of things touching it, like a wristband, ring, etc. I found this word once but have forgotten it. Anyone know? (I posted this note on Miscellany a few minutes ago, then realized it belonged here.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: forgotten word #508 03/25/00 05:03 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 7 C conscious stranger conscious stranger C Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 7 Would "desensitization" apply? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: forgotten word #509 03/25/00 06:01 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 3 Oregon, USA B bberry stranger bberry stranger B Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 3 Oregon, USA The tactile sense processes information about touch which it mainly receives through the skin. When you do not need to register this information, the brain tunes it out and this is called habituation. From a book by Carol Stock Kranowitz. Chris Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 492 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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