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sense organ
noun
- a specialized bodily structure that receives or is sensitive to internal or external stimuli; receptor.
sense organ
noun
- a structure in animals that is specialized for receiving external or internal stimuli and transmitting them in the form of nervous impulses to the brain
sense organ
/ sĕns /
- In animals, an organ or part that is sensitive to a stimulus, as of sound, touch, or light. Sense organs include the eye, ear, and nose, as well as the taste buds on the tongue.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sense organ1
First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences
Similarly, each sense organ in the body is affected by a definite kind of force or substance.
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Two important consequences ordinarily follow the stimulation of a sense organ.
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Generally speaking, we may say that every nerve has one end in a sense organ and the other in a muscle.
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This affecting of a sense organ is known technically as stimulation, and that which affects the organ is known as the stimulus.
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The nerve stimulus itself has a cause; it ordinarily arises directly or indirectly from the stimulation of a sense organ.
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