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Definition of Sense organ
1. Noun. An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation.
Specialized synonyms: Lateral Line, Lateral Line Organ, Enteroceptor, Interoceptor, Exteroceptor, Pineal Eye, Third Eye, Baroreceptor, Chemoreceptor, Thermoreceptor, Eye, Oculus, Optic, Ear, Organ Of Hearing, Inner Ear, Internal Ear, Labyrinth, Semicircular Canal, Stretch Receptor
Generic synonyms: Organ
Terms within: Papilla
Group relationships: Sensory System
Antonyms: Effector
Derivative terms: Receive
Definition of Sense organ
1. Noun. an organic sensor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Sense organ
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1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"(b) The Apical sense organ.—The four apical cells can be still recognized in Fig.
... This structure is, I believe, an apical sense organ, and it is located ..."
2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1886)
"... used in connection with fast cruisers. With this I finish this brief abstract
of my paper. (5) Note on a peculiar sense organ in Scutigera coleoptrata ..."
3. Rhythmical Pulsation in Scyphomedusae by Alfred Goldsborough Mayer (1906)
"pigment spot but leaving the stalk of the sense-organ intact, ... Also, when the
marginal sense-organ regenerates, regular pulsation is resumed as soon as ..."
4. Psychology of the Other-one: An Introductory Text-book of Psychology by Max Friedrich Meyer (1922)
"And it further presupposes that the sensory point is adequately equipped with a
sense organ. We learned that in general the most efficient signals are ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"It is then assumed that while the lower perceptual centre is normally excited
only through the sense-organ, it may occasionally be excited by impulses ..."
6. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1895)
"This is directly contrary to the conclusion reached by Delage, who denies that
the sense-organ for progressive movement is in the head, while admitting it ..."
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