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sensory
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sensory
adj.
pertaining to the senses; sensitive, responsive to stimuli (Physiology)
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Sensory
Sensory may refer to:
Biology
- Sensory ecology, how organisms obtain information about their environment
- Sensory neuron, nerve cell responsible for transmitting information about external stimuli
- Sensory perception, the process of acquiring and interpreting sensory information
- Sensory receptor, a structure that recognizes external stimuli
- Sensory system, part of the nervous system of organisms
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sensory
Adjective
1. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons"
(synonym) centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)
(similar) afferent
2. involving or derived from the senses; "sensory experience"; "sensory channels"
(synonym) sensorial
(antonym) extrasensory, paranormal
3. relating to or concerned in sensation; "the sensory cortex"; "sensory organs"
(synonym) sensational
(pertainym) sensation, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
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sensory
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Sensory
(a.)
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.
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.
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