D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sensory

/sĕn'-sẽr-ē/ · Sen·so·ry · IPA /ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/
01 n. Same as Sensorium.
pl. Sensories
  1. 1.
    Same as Sensorium.(Physiol.) See: Sensorium
02 a. Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey t…
  1. 1.
    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.(Physiol.)