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SENSORY
centripetal, receptive, sensory
(adjective) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; “sensory neurons”
sensory, sensorial
(adjective) involving or derived from the senses; “sensory experience”; “sensory channels”
sensational, sensory
(adjective) relating to or concerned in sensation; “the sensory cortex”; “sensory organs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sensory (not comparable)
Of the senses or sensation.
Usage notes
Prefix combining form is sensori-, as in sensorimotor.
Synonyms
• sensely
Noun
sensory (plural sensories)
(biology, dated) sensorium
(obsolete) An organ or faculty of sense.
Anagrams
• syrones
Source: Wiktionary
Sen"so*ry, n.; pl. Sensories (. (Physiol.)
Definition: Same as Sensorium.
Sen"so*ry, a. (Physiol.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve center impulses resulting in sensation; also sometimes loosely employed in the sense of afferent, to indicate nerve fibers which convey impressions of any kind to a nerve center.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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