sensory nerve
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- noun
- /ˈsɛn.sə.ri nɜrv/
- Specialized
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nervio sensorial
- Dr. Levine states in The Doctors Book of Home Remedies that soaking your feet in warm water and Epsom salt will bring temporary pain relief by diminishing "the size of the bursa sac" while taking "pressure off the nearby sensory nerves."
Examples
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SDR involves sectioning (cutting) of some of the sensory nerve fibers that come from the muscles and enter the spinal cord.
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Neuropathy in the feet is a disease that affects the sensory nerves in the feet.
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In terms of pain, he finally had a couple of sensory nerves severed, and that has been really helpful.
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One is suddenly aware that the sensory nerves awaken in this heat to marvelous acuteness.
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Do you know that there's a spot just below the retina where the sensory nerves can channel receptors directly to the brain?
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The surgery involves cutting certain sensory nerve fibers attached to muscles, giving children the chance to have a pain-free life, and in several cases, has seen them walk for the first time.
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The sensory nerves of the larynx, trachea, and esophagus are derived from the vagus nerve.
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The doctor explained that sensory nerves carry signals from the skin to the brain.
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When a person touches something hot, sensory nerves transmit the pain signal quickly.
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Damage to the sensory nerves can result in loss of feeling in the affected area.
Synonyms
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A bundle of fibers that carries messages between the brain and body
A nerve that carries signals from parts that feel, like the skin, to the brain or spinal cord
A nerve that carries information from the body to the spinal cord or brain
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and predictably built from 'sensory' (relating to sensation or conveying sensory signals) modifying 'nerve' (a bundle of fibers that carries impulses), following a regular adjective+noun composition. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and should be inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Sensory nerve is a simple name for what it does: sensory means 'about the senses' and nerve is like a thin wire that 'sends messages'. These wires carry signals from the skin and other sense parts toward the brain, so the phrase means a nerve that brings sensory information to the brain.