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SENSORY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
Example:
sensory neurons
Synonyms:
centripetal; receptive; sensory
Classified under:
Similar:
afferent (of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Involving or derived from the senses
Example:
sensory channels
Synonyms:
sensorial; sensory
Classified under:
Antonym:
extrasensory (seemingly outside normal sensory channels)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or concerned in sensation
Example:
sensory organs
Synonyms:
sensational; sensory
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
sensation (an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation)
Context examples:
Having to do with tissue made up of sensory cells, such as tissue found in the ear, nose, and tongue.
(Neuroepithelial, NCI Dictionary)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient describe any other unusual sensory experiences?
(NPI - Describe Any Other Unusual Sensory Experiences, NCI Thesaurus)
A new study demonstrated that people of normal weight tend to associate natural foods such as apples with their sensory characteristics.
(Our Weight Tells How We Assess Food, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A sensory neuropathy caused by the effects of a distant neoplasm (usually a small cell carcinoma).
(Paraneoplastic Subacute Sensory Neuronopathy, NCI Thesaurus)
One process involves your ears and the other your eyes, and scientists have long known that different parts of the brain process these different sensory inputs.
(The Rhythms of Sign Language, NSF)
The neuropathy may be sensory, motor, mixed or autonomic.
(Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy, NCI Thesaurus)
The scientists focused on a class of sensory neurons that express a gene called Calca, as these neurons have a long history in pain research.
(Study uncovers specialized mouse neurons that play a unique role in pain, National Institutes of Health)
During osteoarthritis, synovial fluid becomes less viscous and these inflammatory substances come into direct contact with sensory nerve cells in the joint, producing the sensation of pain.
(Joint lubricating fluid plays key role in osteoarthritic pain, University of Cambridge)
It results from functional disturbances of sensory neurons.
(Paresthesia, NCI Thesaurus)
However, it has also been proposed that dihydroergotamine mesylate acts upon 5-HT1D receptors on sensory nerve endings of the trigeminal system, thereby decreasing the release of pro-inflammatory neuropeptide release.
(Dihydroergotamine Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)
