Biology dictionary

Definition

adjective

(1) Of, pertaining to, or relating to the sense of touch or the sense of pressure, as in tactile qualities.

(2) Perceptible or tangible through the sense of touch.

(3) Used for sense of touch or feeling, as in tactile organ.

Supplement

Word origin: tactile: Latin tāctilis, from tāctus (touch)

Related form(s): tactility (noun)

Synonym(s):

• somatosensory

See also:

• touch

Related term(s):

• Tactile sense
• Tactile agnosia
• Merkels tactile cell
• Merkels tactile disk