sensory
IPA: sˈɛnsɝi
noun
- (biology, dated) The sensorium.
- (obsolete) An organ or faculty of sense.
adjective
- Of the physical senses or sensation.
- (neuroanatomy) Conveying nerve impulses from the sense organs to the nerve centers.
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Examples of "sensory" in Sentences
- I say that because it looks as if she's got what we call a sensory level at about the mid part of her abdomen.
- Which would you rather have done to you: have 10 cigarettes put out on your skin, or be put in sensory deprivation for three days?
- There are two sets of nerve-fibers, those which transmit sensory impulses, called _afferent_ or _sensory_ nerves, and those which transmit motor impulses, called
- It is evident, from these facts, that the fibers composing the posterior bundles of nerve-roots only transmit sensory impulses, and the filaments composing the anterior nerve-roots only transmit motor impulses; accordingly, they are termed respectively the _sensory_ and the _motor_ nerve-roots.
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