"sensory" in the adjective sense
1. centripetal, receptive, sensory
of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
"sensory neurons"
2. sensory, sensorial
involving or derived from the senses
"sensory experience"
"sensory channels"
3. sensational, sensory
relating to or concerned in sensation
"the sensory cortex"
"sensory organs"
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