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somatosensorial

somatosensorial adjective: of or related to somatosensory perception.

Adjective

somatosensorial (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to somatosensory perception.
    • In fact, the rich sensory experiences provided to the dam by the nursing pups (olfactory, auditory, gustatory, somatosensorial/suckling, and visual) appears to play a role in the re-organization of the somatosensory cortex of the lactating female (Xerri, Stern, & Merzenich, 1994 ).2007 December 11, Craig Howard Kinsley, Massimo Bardi, Kate Karelina, Brandi Rima, Lillian Christon, Julia Friedenberg, Garrett Griffin, “Motherhood Induces and Maintains Behavioral and Neural...

Origin of somatosensorial

From somato- + sensorial.

Questions about somatosensorial

What does somatosensorial mean?
Somatosensorial means of or related to somatosensory perception.
What part of speech is somatosensorial?
Somatosensorial is an adjective.

Words near somatosensorial in the dictionary

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

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