Thematic index of Sensations
| acanth(o)- | Spiny or thorny. |
| acoust(o)- | Sound or hearing. |
| -agra | Pain in some part of the body. |
| alb- | White or bright. |
| -algia | Pain, usually in a specified part of the body. |
| algo- | Pain. |
| audi(o)- | Hearing or sound. |
| baro- | Pressure. |
| cryo- | Involving or producing cold. |
| echin(o)- | Spiny. |
| erot(o)- | Sexual desire or excitement. |
| -geusia | The sense of taste. |
| leio- | Smooth. |
| malaco- | Soft. |
| noci- | Pain. |
| oculo- | The eye or the sense of vision. |
| oneir(o)- | Dreams or dreaming. |
| opto- | Vision; light. |
| phanero- | Visible. |
| -phone | Sound. |
| phon(o)- | Sound. |
| photo- | Light; photography. |
| picr(o)- | Bitter tasting; picric acid. |
| psilo- | Bare, smooth. |
| scot(o)-2 | Darkness. |
| -therm | Temperature; heat. |
| therm(o)- | Heat; temperature. |
| vibro- | Oscillation; shaking. |
| visco- | Sticky; thick. |
| visuo- | Sight; vision. |
| xero- | Dry. |
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