sensitizer
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~ (chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction
sensitizing
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~ rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
sensitometer
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~ a measuring instrument for measuring the light sensitivity of film over a range of exposures
sensor
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~ any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
sensorimotor area
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~ an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions
sensorimotor region
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~ an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions
sensorium
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~ the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world
sensory activity
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~ activity intended to achieve a particular sensory result
sensory receptor
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~ an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
sensory deprivation
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~ a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory input
sensory aphasia
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~ aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
sensory hair
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~ a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
sensory epilepsy
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~ focal epilepsy initiated by somatosensory phenomena
sensory neuron
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~ a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord
sensory nerve
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~ a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
sensory fiber
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~ a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system
sensory faculty
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~ the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
sensualism
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~ (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
sensualism
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~ desire for sensual pleasures