piesesthesia

piesesthesia

 [pi-e″zes-the´zhah] the sense by which pressure stimuli are felt.

pres·sure sense

(presh'ŭr sens) The faculty of discriminating various degrees of pressure on the surface.
Synonym(s): baresthesia, piesesthesia.

piesesthesia

(pī-ē″zĕs-thē′zē-ă) [Gr. piesis, pressure, + aisthesis, sensation] Sensitivity to pressure.