sensillum

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sen sil′əm)


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sen•sil•lum  (sen sil′əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -la (-lə).USA pronunciation 
  1. Zoologya simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.
  • Neo-Latin (1895), equivalent. to Latin sēns-, past participle stem of sentīre to sense + -ilum diminutive suffix


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