| sense of identity | One's sense of his or her own identity or psychological selfhood. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sense organs | The organs of special sense, including the eye, ear, olfactory organ, taste organs, and the accessory structures associated with these organs. Synonym: organa sensuum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sense strand | <molecular biology> The strand of DNA which is used during transcription to make mRNA. The mRNA made thus has the sequence of the antisense strand of DNA, and it codes for a sense strand of polypeptide (which eventually becomes a protein or part of a protein) during translation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| sensery | <physiology> Same as Sensorium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sensibility | Origin: Cf. F. Sensibilite, LL. Sensibilitas. 1. <physiology> The quality or state of being sensible, or capable of sensation; capacity to feel or perceive. 2. The capacity of emotion or feeling, as distinguished from the intellect and the will; peculiar susceptibility of impression, pleasurable or painful; delicacy of feeling; quick emotion or sympathy; as, sensibility to pleasure or pain; sensibility to shame or praise; exquisite sensibility; often used in the plural. "Sensibilities so fine!" "The true lawgiver ought to have a heart full of sensibility." (Burke) "His sensibilities seem rather to have been those of patriotism than of wounded pride." (Marshall) 3. Experience of sensation; actual feeling. "This adds greatly to my sensibility." (Burke) 4. That quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of condition; delicacy; as, the sensibility of a balance, or of a thermometer. Synonym: Taste, susceptibility, feeling. See Taste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sensible | 1. Perceptible to the senses. 2. Capable of sensation. Synonym: sensitive. 4. Having reason or judgment; intelligent. Origin: L. Sensibilis, fr. Sentio, to feel, perceive (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensible heat | The amount of heat that, when absorbed by a substance, causes a rise in temperature. Compare: latent heat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensible perspiration | The perspiration excreted in large quantity, or when there is much humidity in the atmosphere, so that it appears as moisture on the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensible temperature | The atmospheric temperature as felt by the individual, supposed to be that recorded by the wet-bulb thermometer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensiferous | Conducting a sensation. Origin: L. Sensus, sense, + fero, to carry (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensigenous | Giving rise to sensation. Origin: L. Sensus, sense, + G. -gen, to produce (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensimeter | An instrument that measures degrees of cutaneous sensation. Origin: L. Sensus, sense, + G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensitisation | 1. <immunology> The administration of antigen to induce a primary immune response, priming, immunisation. 2. The exposure to allergen that results in the development of hypersensitivity. 3. <technique> The coating of erythrocytes with antibody so that they are subject to lysis by complement in the presence of homologous antigen, the first stage of a complement fixation test. (13 Oct 1997) |
| sensitise | To render sensitive; to induce acquired sensitivity, to immunise. See: sensitised antigen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensitised antigen | The complex formed when antigen combines with specific antibody; so called because the antigen, by the mediation of antibody, is rendered sensitive to the action of complement. (05 Mar 2000) |