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sensory neuron

–noun Biology.
a nerve cell that conducts impulses from a sense organ to the central nervous system.
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Main Entry: sensory neuron
Function: noun
: a neuron that transmits nerve impulses from a sense organ towards the central nervous system —compare INTERNEURON, MOTONEURON
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