SENSORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sensory mean? 

• SENSORY (adjective)
  The adjective SENSORY has 3 senses:

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

2. involving or derived from the senses

3. relating to or concerned in sensation

  Familiarity information: SENSORY used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENSORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

centripetal; receptive; sensory

Context example:

sensory neurons

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

Synonyms:

sensorial; sensory

Context example:

sensory channels

Antonym:

extrasensory (seemingly outside normal sensory channels)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Relating to or concerned in sensation

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

sensational; sensory

Context example:

sensory organs

Pertainym:

sensation (an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation)

 Context examples 

It is sometimes associated with sensory changes in the involved skin area, but very rarely becomes cancerous.

(Nevus of Ito, NCI Thesaurus)

Altogether, the newly discovered fat-burning pathway works like this: a neural circuit in the brain produces serotonin in response to sensory cues, such as food availability.

(Scientists Find Brain Hormone That Triggers Fat Burning, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This gene plays a role in the maintenance of sympathetic and sensory neurons.

(NGF Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include infection and sensory hearing loss.

(Non-Neoplastic Inner Ear Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

"Climate change will significantly impact marine organisms by altering sensory pathways," says Rivest.

(Study considers sensory impacts of environmental change on ocean species, National Science Foundation)

An interruption or alteration in the sensory activity or functions of the nervous system.

(Neurosensory Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients present with progressive weakness and loss of sensory function in the legs and arms.

(Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

It exerts trophic action on retinal, cholinergic, and dopaminergic neurons in the brain and on motor and sensory neurons in the peripheral nervous system.

(Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, NCI Thesaurus)

Areas of the brain that control speech, motor functions, and sensory processing which are required for an individual to understand and interact with others and the environment.

(Eloquent Brain Areas, NCI Thesaurus)

They also play a key role in the receptor cells of sensory systems.

(Protein critical to cilia development, NIH)