Sen"so*ry (?), n.; pl. Sensories (&?;). (Physiol.)

Same as Sensorium.

 

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Sen"so*ry, a. (Physiol.)

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.

 

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