sensori-volitional

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word sensori-volitional. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word sensori-volitional, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say sensori-volitional in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word sensori-volitional you have here. The definition of the word sensori-volitional will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofsensori-volitional, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

Blend of sensory +‎ volitional

Adjective

sensori-volitional (not comparable)

  1. (biology) Involved in both sensation and volition; applied to certain nerve fibers that pass to and from the cerebrospinal axis.
    • 1839, William B. Carpenter, Inaugural Dissertation on the Phsiological Inferences to be Deduced from the Structure of the Nervous System in the Invertebrated Classes of Animals:
      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

References