单词 | sensori- |
释义 | sensori-comb. form 1. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘sensory and ——’. a. ΚΠ 1870 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects (ed. 2) 24 The second group consists of the sensorio-digestive appendages, combining the power of finding and seizing the food and preparing it for digestion.] 1890 Cent. Dict. Sensoridigestive, partaking of digestive functions and those of touch or other senses, as the tongue of a vertebrate animal, the maxillæ of insects, etc. ΚΠ 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. iv. 259 I do not profess to attach very great importance to this sensori-reflex action, the whole extent of the influence of it being, as I think, but small. sensori-volitional adj. Brit. /ˌsɛns(ə)rɪvəˈlɪʃn̩(ə)l/ , /ˌsɛns(ə)rɪvəˈlɪʃən(ə)l/ , U.S. /ˌsɛnsərivəˈlɪʃ(ə)nəl/ , /ˌsɛnsərivoʊˈlɪʃ(ə)nəl/ rare (now historical)ΚΠ 1839 W. B. Carpenter Inaug. Diss. Physiol. Inferences 78 That the centres of these systems are brought into closer structural relation with that of the sensori-volitional system as we ascend the scale of Invertebrated Animals. 2007 K. Kroker Sleep of Others ii. 85 Three different reflex systems: the ‘spinal system’, which was unconscious and depended only on the presence of the spinal cord; the ‘excito-motor’ system, which involved conscious sensation; and the ‘sensori-volitional’ system, which involved the will. b. sensorimotor adj. Brit. /ˌsɛns(ə)rɪˈməʊtə/ , U.S. /ˌsɛnsəriˈmoʊdər/ both sensory and motor; spec. designating reflex actions occurring in response to sensory stimulation, and nerves which have both sensory and motor fibres; cf. sensory-motor adj. at sensory adj. Compounds.ΚΠ 1837 W. B. Carpenter in Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 48 38 It [sc. mastication of food] may therefore, I think, be regarded as an example of the highest class of instinctive actions, which we may denominate sensori-motor. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 202 An ordinary sensorimotor nerve such as the sciatic. 1932 S. Zuckerman Social Life Monkeys & Apes ix. 147 The sensori-motor mechanisms of the primates differ from those of the lower mammals. 1980 Jrnl. Exper. Biol. 86 275 A preparation of the thoracic-coxal muscle receptor organ of the posterior leg of the shore crab, in which central synaptic efficacy of the sensori-motor reflex pathways is maintained for long periods, is described. 2013 F. J. Ninivaggi Biomental Child Devel. iii. 275 Knowledge is gained and processed using these substantial but still unmature sensorimotor cognitive pathways. 2. sensorineural adj. Brit. /ˌsɛns(ə)rɪˈnjʊərəl/ , /ˌsɛns(ə)rɪˈnjʊərl̩/ , U.S. /ˌsɛnsəriˈn(j)ʊrəl/ of, relating to, or belonging to the sensory part of the nervous system; spec. designating a form of hearing impairment resulting from damage to the cochlea, auditory nerve, or other neural structure involved in hearing.ΚΠ 1929 C. N. Rexroad Gen. Psychol. for College Students v. 88 (heading) The sensori-neural equipment of man. 1964 Arch. Otolaryngol. 80 382/1 In this type of slowly progressive sensorineural hearing loss the only finding is atrophy of the stria vascularis, the functional manifestation of which is hearing loss showing a flat audiometric curve. 1977 Lancet 12 Nov. 1003/2 Perforation of the round-window membrane was found in three children with severe sensorineural deafness. 2010 Hunter's Dis. Occupations (ed. 10) xlvii. 505/1 A history of increase of tingling and/or numbness [in a person with hand-arm vibration syndrome] suggests possible sensorineural abnormalities requiring further investigation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1837 |
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