Sen-sō′ri-ūm or Sēn′so-ry1, n.
n. [From Lat. sentire, sensum, to discern or perceive by the senses.]
- (Physiol. & Metaph.) Anciently, the supposed organ, or rather place, in which the sensations given by the several organs are reduced to the unity of consciousness; in modern usage, the whole nervous system, when animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations.
- An organ of sense. “Double sensories—two eyes, two ears.” Bentley.