Sensory — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

involving or derived from the senses

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɛnsɚɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɛnsəɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɛnsəɹi/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈɛnsɚɹi/.

Examples

sensory neurons
sensory experience
sensory channels

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

receptive sensorial centripetal sensational

Antonyms

extrasensory

Parts of Speech

adjective	of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system “sensory neurons”
adjective	involving or derived from the senses “sensory experience”
adjective	relating to or concerned in sensation “the sensory cortex”

Word Forms

receive	verb	register (perceptual input)
sense	noun	the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

sensorisch

einer Nervenfaser oder eines Impulses, der von außen kommt und in Richtung des Zentralnervensystems verläuft

🇫🇷French

sensoriel

d'une fibre nerveuse ou d'une impulsion provenant de l'extérieur et passant vers le système nerveux central

🇪🇸Spanish

sensorio

de una fibra nerviosa o impulso que se origina en el exterior y pasa hacia el sistema nervioso central

🇮🇹Italian

sensoriale

di una fibra nervosa o di un impulso che ha origine all'esterno e passa verso il sistema nervoso centrale

🇳🇱Dutch

zintuiglijk

van een zenuwvezel of impuls die van buitenaf komt en naar het centrale zenuwstelsel gaat

🇵🇹Portuguese

sensorial

de uma fibra nervosa ou impulso originado externamente e passando em direção ao sistema nervoso central

🇷🇺Russian

сенсорный

нервного волокна или импульса, исходящего извне и идущего к центральной нервной системе

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ग्रहणशील

एक तंत्रिका तंतु या आवेग का बाहर से उत्पन्न होना और केंद्रीय तंत्रिका तंत्र की ओर जाना

🇧🇩Bengali

সংবেদনশীল

একটি স্নায়ু ফাইবার বা আবেগ বাইরে থেকে উদ্ভূত এবং কেন্দ্রীয় স্নায়ুতন্ত্রের দিকে যাচ্ছে

🇮🇳Tamil

உணர்வு

ஒரு நரம்பு இழை அல்லது உந்துவிசை வெளியில் தோன்றி மத்திய நரம்பு மண்டலத்தை நோக்கி செல்கிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

ఇంద్రియ

ఒక నరాల ఫైబర్ లేదా ప్రేరణ బయట ఉద్భవించి కేంద్ర నాడీ వ్యవస్థ వైపు వెళుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

संवेदी

मज्जातंतू फायबर किंवा आवेग बाहेरून उद्भवते आणि मध्यवर्ती मज्जासंस्थेकडे जाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

સંવેદનાત્મક

ચેતા તંતુ અથવા આવેગ બહારથી ઉદ્ભવે છે અને સેન્ટ્રલ નર્વસ સિસ્ટમ તરફ જાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂವೇದನಾಶೀಲ

ಒಂದು ನರ ನಾರು ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರಚೋದನೆಯು ಹೊರಗೆ ಹುಟ್ಟಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ನರಮಂಡಲದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಹಾದುಹೋಗುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സെൻസറി

ഒരു നാഡി നാരിൻ്റെ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പ്രേരണ പുറത്ത് നിന്ന് ഉത്ഭവിച്ച് കേന്ദ്ര നാഡീവ്യവസ്ഥയിലേക്ക് കടന്നുപോകുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੰਵੇਦੀ

ਇੱਕ ਨਰਵ ਫਾਈਬਰ ਜਾਂ ਆਗਾਜ਼ ਦਾ ਬਾਹਰੋਂ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਨਸ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ ਵੱਲ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

حسی

ایک اعصابی ریشہ یا تسلسل کا جو باہر سے نکلتا ہے اور مرکزی اعصابی نظام کی طرف جاتا ہے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

感官的

源自外部并传递至中枢神经系统的神经纤维或冲动

🇯🇵Japanese

感覚的な

外部から発生して中枢神経系に向かって通過する神経線維またはインパルス

🇰🇷Korean

감각

외부에서 발생하여 중추신경계를 향해 전달되는 신경섬유 또는 자극

🇻🇳Vietnamese

giác quan

của sợi thần kinh hoặc xung động bắt nguồn từ bên ngoài và truyền tới hệ thần kinh trung ương

🇹🇭Thai

ประสาทสัมผัส

ของเส้นใยประสาทหรือแรงกระตุ้นที่เกิดขึ้นภายนอกและส่งผ่านไปยังระบบประสาทส่วนกลาง

🇮🇩Indonesian

indrawi

dari serabut saraf atau impuls yang berasal dari luar dan berjalan menuju sistem saraf pusat

🇵🇭Filipino

pandama

ng nerve fiber o impulse na nagmumula sa labas at dumadaan patungo sa central nervous system

🇲🇾Malay

deria

daripada gentian saraf atau impuls yang berasal dari luar dan melalui sistem saraf pusat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حسي

من ألياف عصبية أو نبضات تنشأ من الخارج وتتجه نحو الجهاز العصبي المركزي

🇮🇷Persian

حسی

یک فیبر عصبی یا تکانه ای که از خارج منشا گرفته و به سمت سیستم عصبی مرکزی می رود

🇹🇷Turkish

duyusal

Dışarıdan gelen ve merkezi sinir sistemine doğru geçen bir sinir lifi veya uyarının

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוּשִׁי

של סיב עצב או דחף שמקורו בחוץ ועובר לכיוון מערכת העצבים המרכזית

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