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sensory neuron

sensory neuron noun: a neuron that transmits nerve impulses from a sense organ towards the central nervous system.

Noun

sensory neuron (plural sensory neurons)

  1. A neuron that transmits nerve impulses from a sense organ towards the central nervous system.
    Synonyms:
    afferent neuron

sensory neuron meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

sensory neuron in Tamil

உணர்வு நரம்பணு

sensory neuron in Malayalam

സംവേദക നാഡീകോശം

Synonyms of sensory neuron

  • afferent neuron

Forms of sensory neuron

pluralsensory neurons
alternative formsensory neurone

Questions about sensory neuron

What does sensory neuron mean?
Sensory neuron means a neuron that transmits nerve impulses from a sense organ towards the central nervous system.
What is sensory neuron in Tamil?
Sensory neuron in Tamil is உணர்வு நரம்பணு. See Sensory neuron meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sensory neuron?
Sensory neuron is a noun.
What is the plural of sensory neuron?
The plural of sensory neuron is sensory neurons.

Words near sensory neuron in the dictionary

  1. sensory garden
  2. sensory gardens
  3. sensory gating
  4. sensory hypersensitivity
  5. sensory memory
  6. sensory neuron
  7. sensory neurons
  8. sensory overload
  9. sensory overloads
  10. sensory play
  11. sensory processing disorder

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sensory neuron (page history and authors); sensory neuron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sensory neuron (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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