sensory

(sĕn'sə-rē)
adj.

1. Of or relating to the senses or sensation.
2. Transmitting impulses from sense organs to nerve centers; afferent.

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adjective

1. Of or relating to sensation or the senses: sensational, sensitive, sensorial, sensual, sensuous. See awareness/unawareness, body/spirit.
2. Transmitting impulses from sense organs to nerve centers: afferent. See body/spirit.

Pertaining to sensation.

• equine s. ataxia — see enzootic equine incoordination.
• s. input — produced by sensory organs and transmitted by afferent nerve fibers to the central nervous system. See also sense.
• s. nerve — a peripheral nerve that conducts impulses from a sense organ to the spinal cord or brain; called also afferent nerve. See also nerve.
• s. neuropathy — see hereditary sensory neuropathy.
• s. paralytic urinary bladder — see atonic neurogenic urinary bladder.
• s. perceptivity — the ability to perceive, to feel. Tests for this in animals are based on the assumption that the observer can differentiate between a reflex response and a central perception.
• s. receptor — see sensory receptor.

(sen′sərē)
n

That part of the nervous system that receives and perceives sensations such as sound, touch, smell, sight, pain, heat, cold, and vibration.

For a list of words related to sensory, see:

• Stagecraft, Production, and Dramatic Structure - sensory: technique used by actors in Method training in which specific sensory input is re-created by imagination

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See words rhyming with "sensory."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sensorisk, føle-, sanse-

Nederlands (Dutch)
zintuiglijk

Français (French)
adj. - sensoriel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - sensorisch, Sinnes-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (φυσιολ.) αισθητηριακός, αισθητήριος

Italiano (Italian)
sensorio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sensorial, sensitivo (nervo)

Русский (Russian)
чувствительный, чувственный, сенсорный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sensorial, sensorio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sinnes-, sensorisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
知觉的, 感觉器官的, 感觉的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 知覺的, 感覺器官的, 感覺的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 지각의, 감각을 전달하는, 감각 중추의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 感覚の, 知覚の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حسي, ذو علاقه بألاحساس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חושי, של החושים, של תחושה‬

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