somatosensorial

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adjective

Of or related to somatosensory perception.

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Meanings

adjectivesomatosensorial (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or related to somatosensory perception.

    In fact, the rich sensory experiences provided to the dam by the nursing pups (olfactory, auditory, gustatory, somatosensorial/suckling, and visual) appears to play a role in the re-organization of the somatosensory cortex of the lactating female (Xerri, Stern, & Merzenich, 1994 ).

    2007 December 11, Craig Howard Kinsley, Massimo Bardi, Kate Karelina, Brandi Rima, Lillian Christon, Julia Friedenberg, Garrett Griffin, “Motherhood Induces and Maintains Behavioral and Neural Plasticity across the Lifespan in the Rat”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, →DOI

Origin

From somato- + sensorial.

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APA

somatosensorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatosensorial

MLA

“somatosensorial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatosensorial. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somatosensorial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatosensorial.

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