sensatory
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Beauty by one definition is the sensatory excitement stirred in people by the rhythm of line, the vibration of color, the play of motion and the surprise of idea.
From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben
As a matter of fact I had been listening for perhaps a hundred seconds; listening, not as if with the ears, but with the deeper sensatory nerves.
From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
Retina, a retiform expansion of the sensatory nerves, which receives the impression that gives rise to vision, or visual perception.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
"It has no effect upon the motor nerves, but is believed to have a visible effect upon the sensatory nerves."
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry
