sensory
adjective
1. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
- sensory neurons
Similar word(s): afferent, centripetal, receptive
2. involving or coming from the senses
- sensory experience
- sensory channels
Similar word(s): sensorial
3. relating to or concerned in sensation
- the sensory cortex
- sensory organs
Similar word(s): sensational
noun
1. (biology, dated) sensorium