Sense organ Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
receptor; sensory receptor.
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(Physiol.) , a specially irritable mechanism by which some one natural force or form of energy is enabled to excite sensory nerves; as the eye, ear, an end bulb or tactile corpuscle, etc.
