n. one of the faculties by which the qualities of the external environment are appreciated – sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch.
a collection of specialized cells (*receptors), connected to the nervous system, that is capable of responding to a particular stimulus from either outside or inside the body. Sense organs can detect light (the eyes), heat, pain, and touch (the skin), smell (the nose), and taste (the taste buds).... sense organ
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