somatosensorial

English

Etymology

From somato- +‎ sensorial.

Adjective

somatosensorial (not comparable)

1. Of or related to somatosensory perception.
   • 2007 December 11, Craig Howard Kinsley, Massimo Bardi, Kate Karelina, Brandi Rima, Lillian Christon, Julia Friedenberg and 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:

     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 ).

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Spanish

Adjective

somatosensorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural somatosensoriales)

1. somatosensorial