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Definition of Sensory

1. Adjective. Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system. "Sensory neurons"

2. Adjective. Involving or derived from the senses. "Sensory channels"

3. Adjective. Relating to or concerned in sensation. "Sensory organs"

Definition of Sensory

1. n. Same as Sensorium.

2. 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.

Definition of Sensory

1. Adjective. Of the senses or sensation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sensory

1. pertaining to the senses or sensation [adj]

Medical Definition of Sensory

1. Pertaining to or subserving sensation. Origin: L. Sensorius This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sensory

sensorimotor sensorimotor area sensorimotor region sensorimotor theory sensorimotoric sensorimuscular sensorineural sensorineural deafness sensorineural hearing loss sensorium

sensoriums sensorivascular sensorivasomotor sensorless sensors sensory (current term) sensory(a) sensory activity sensory amblyopia sensory amusia

sensory aphasia sensory areas sensory ataxia sensory cell sensory cortex sensory crossway sensory decussation of medulla oblongata sensory deprivation sensory epilepsy sensory faculty

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