397. Touch
See also 309. PERCEPTION .
- haptophobia, haphophobia
- an abnormal fear of touching or being touched. Also called thixophobia .
- thigmotaxis
- involuntary response or reaction to the touch of outside objects or bodies, as in motile cells. — thigmotaetic, adj.
- thixophobia
- haptophobia.
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