Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the sensorium, in either sense.
  • Conveying sensation, as a nerve; pertaining to sensation; sensorial; giving rise to sensation; sentient; sensitive: as, a sensory surface of the body.
  • noun Same as sensorium, 1.
  • noun An organ or a faculty of sense.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation.
  • noun (Physiol.) Same as sensorium.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of the senses or sensation.
  • noun biology, dated sensorium

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
  • adjective relating to or concerned in sensation
  • adjective involving or derived from the senses

Etymologies

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From Latin sentire ("to feel").

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Examples

  • There are two sets of nerve-fibers, those which transmit sensory impulses, called _afferent_ or _sensory_ nerves, and those which transmit motor impulses, called

    The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877

  • 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.

    The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877

  • 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.

    CNN Transcript Jan 9, 2006 2006

  • 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?

    Balkinization 2007

  • 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?

    Balkinization 2007

  • 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?

    Balkinization 2007

  • 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?

    Balkinization 2007

  • 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?

    Balkinization 2007

  • 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?

    Balkinization 2007

  • 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?

    Balkinization 2007

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