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sensory

sen·sory

US/ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/ uncommon dated obsolete

adjective

1.

of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

  • “sensory neurons”
2.

involving or derived from the senses

  • “sensory experience”
  • “sensory channels”
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3.

relating to or concerned in sensation

  • “the sensory cortex”
  • “sensory organs”
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Origin

From sense + -ory.

Phrases

  • autonomous sensory meridian response
  • dual sensory impaired
  • sensory bin
  • sensory dep
  • sensory deprivation
  • sensory detox
  • sensory garden
  • sensory gating

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