| sensorium | Origin: L, fr. Sentire, sensum, to discern or perceive by the senses. <physiology> The seat of sensation; the nervous center or centers to which impressions from the external world must be conveyed before they can be perceived; the place where external impressions are localised, and transformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other parts of the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sensorivascular | Denoting contraction or dilation of the blood vessels occurring as a sensory reflex. Synonym: sensorivascular. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensorivasomotor | Denoting contraction or dilation of the blood vessels occurring as a sensory reflex. Synonym: sensorivascular. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory | <otolaryngology> Pertaining to or subserving sensation. Origin: L. Sensorius (18 Nov 1997) |
| sensory amblyopia | A suppression of central vision in one eye due to faulty image formation; for example, by a corneal scar, a cataract, or a droopy eyelid. Synonym: deprivation amblyopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory amusia | Inability to interpret or appreciate musical sounds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory aphasia | Aphasia in which there is impairment in the comprehension of spoken and written words, associated with effortless, articulated, but paraphrasic, speech and writing; malformed words, substitute words, and enologisms are charcteristic. When severe, and speech is incomprehensible, it is called jargon aphasia. The patient often appears unaware of his deficit. Synonym: fluent aphasia, impressive aphasia, posterior aphasia, psychosensory aphasia, receptive aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory areas | The outer portion of the brain, consisting of layersof nerve cells and the pathways that connect them. The cerebralcortex is the part of the brain in which thought processes take place.In Alzheimer's disease, nerve cells in the cerebral cortex die. (22 May 1997) |
| sensory ataxia | An ataxia due to impairment of position sense caused by lesions located at some point along the central or peripheral sensory pathways. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory cell | A cell in the peripheral nervous system that receives afferent (sensory) input; sensory receptor cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory cortex | Formerly denoting specifically the somatic sensory cortex, but now used to refer collectively to the somatic sensory, auditory, visual, and olfactory regions of the cerebral cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory crossway | The postlenticular portion of the posterior limb of the internal capsule of the brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory decussation of medulla oblongata | The intercrossing of the fibres of the left and right medial lemniscus ascending from the gracile and cuneate nuclei, immediately rostral to the level of the decussation of the pyramidal tracts in the medulla oblongata. Synonym: decussatio lemniscorum, decussatio sensoria, decussation of the fillet, sensory decussation of medulla oblongata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory deprivation | The absence or restriction of the usual external sensory stimuli to which the individual responds. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sensory epilepsy | Focal epilepsy initiated by a somatosensory phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensitive |
responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light" being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs" sensible: able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin" hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" medium: someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; "he consulted several mediums" of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security
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(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain" the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences; "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity"; "the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth" sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) susceptibility to a pathogen the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
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the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen) (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations) sensitizing: rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
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allergic: having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen"
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(chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction
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| SEN | North American perennial herb |
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| SEN | cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods |
| SEN | very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee |
| SEN | King of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians (died in 681 BC) |
| SEN | United States filmmaker (born in Canada) noted for slapstick movies (1880-1960) |
| SEN | a Spanish title of respect for a man |
| SEN | a Spanish title of respect for a married woman |
| SEN | a Spanish courtesy title for a girl or unmarried woman |
| SEN | a soft drug consisting of the dried leaves of the hemp plant |
| SEN | a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared |
| SEN | having physical sensation |
| SEN | the faculty through which the external world is apprehended |