biosensory

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adjective

Pertaining to the sensory abilities of a biological organism.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivebiosensory (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to the sensory abilities of a biological organism.

    The study measured their biosensory responses to 19 commercials that won awards last year at the International Advertising Festival in Cannes, France, and ads that won Effie Awards last year from the New York the American Marketing Association.

    2008 March 31, Stuart Elliott, “Is the Ad a Success? The Brain Waves Tell All”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  6. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  7. Latinsentiō
  8. Latinsēnsu
  9. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  10. Frankish*sinn
  11. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  12. Old Frenchsens
  13. Middle Englishsense
  14. Englishsense
  15. Englishsensory
  16. Englishbiosensory

From bio- + sensory.

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APA

biosensory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biosensory

MLA

“biosensory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biosensory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biosensory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biosensory.

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