sensory

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I had a very stimmy day today, my sensory was all out of wack, so i wore my body sock which i jus got so excited hehehe, but also I didnt even speak, literally just noise, no words basically the whole day, i was so frustrated, thank gosh for sign and pecs, my brain jus gave up on me hahaha.

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

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  • The tongue functions as a sensory organ, as a food mixer, and as part of the speech mechanism. —  AnalogSFF,May2007
  • The first rooms had each been devoted to a specific function -- sensory processing, pattern recognition, memory sorting -- but these new ones were basically just memory modules. —  F ;SF; - vol 089 issue 04-05 - October-November 1995
  • He felt like he was floating an inch above the sidewalk, insulated inside some kind of sensory-deprivation suit. —  Echo Burning by Lee Child
  • My first impressions were purely sensory, and none of them pleasant. —  Carey, Jaqueline - Kushiel's Dart orig
  • The suit contends that Yoo's legal opinions authorized Bush to order Padilla's detention in a Navy brig in South Carolina and encouraged military officials to subject Padilla to aggressive interrogation techniques, including death threats and long-term sensory deprivation. —  The World Can't Wait!
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  1. from New Latin * sensorius, pertaining to sense or sensation (cf. Late Latin sensorium, neuter, the seat or organ of sensation: see sensorium), from Latin sensus, sense: see sense.
 

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