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somatosensitive

somatosensitive adjective: relating to the reception of sensory stimuli within the brain.

Adjective

somatosensitive (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the reception of sensory stimuli within the brain
    • We examined electroencephalogram (EEG) and the evaluation in frequency and time domain in somatosensitive cortex of 25 week-old D2 mice.2015 October 13, “CNF1 Enhances Brain Energy Content and Counteracts Spontaneous Epileptiform Phenomena in Aged DBA/2J Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of somatosensitive

From somato- + sensitive.

Questions about somatosensitive

What does somatosensitive mean?
Somatosensitive means relating to the reception of sensory stimuli within the brain.
What part of speech is somatosensitive?
Somatosensitive is an adjective.

Words near somatosensitive in the dictionary

  1. somatoschisis
  2. somatoscopic
  3. somatoscopy
  4. somatosensation
  5. somatosensations
  6. somatosensitive
  7. somatosensor
  8. somatosensorial
  9. somatosensoric
  10. somatosensorily
  11. somatosensorimotor

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