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