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afterimage a sensory impression, usu. visual, that continues after the stimulus causing it has ceased.
barbel a slender, whiskerlike sensory organ on the heads of certain fishes, such as catfish. [1/2 definitions]
chemoreceptor a nerve ending or sensory organ, as of taste or smell, that responds to chemical stimulation.
delicate exquisitely precise in sensory perception. [1/7 definitions]
end organ any specialized receptor at the end of a sensory or motor nerve fiber.
hallucination a false or distorted but compelling sensory perception, as induced by drugs or by mental derangement such as schizophrenia. [1/2 definitions]
hallucinogen a natural or synthetic substance that induces false or distorted sensory perceptions.
hysteria a chronic pathological disorder characterized by violent outbursts of emotion and sensory or motor disturbances such as hallucination or paralysis. [1/2 definitions]
interoceptor a sensory nerve receptor that responds to stimuli originating from within the body.
intersensory combined form of sensory.
psychedelic of, relating to, or producing heightened or distorted sensory perceptions, hallucinations, and sometimes extreme behavioral patterns. [1/3 definitions]
receptor a structure, such as a nerve ending, that receives sensory information. [1/2 definitions]
sensorimotor of, concerning, or involved in both sensory and motor impulses of an organism. [2 definitions]
sensorineural of, relating to, or involving sense perception mediated by sensory nerves (used esp. in reference to deafness caused by faulty sensory nerves).
subjectivism the doctrine that all knowledge is related to the conscious self and its sensory experience. [1/2 definitions]
telepathy communication between minds without the use of sensory signals.
thalamus the part of the forebrain through which sensory impulses are sent to the cerebral cortex. [1/2 definitions]
transcendentalism (sometimes pl.) any of several philosophies based on the belief that reality can be known only through intuition, spiritual guidance, or the study of the processes of thought, and not through sensory or objective experience.