sensory cell

sensory cell
sensory cell n
1) a peripheral nerve cell (as an olfactory cell) located at a sensory receiving surface and being the primary receptor of a sensory impulse
2) a nerve cell (as a spinal ganglion cell) transmitting sensory impulses

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primary sensory neuron.

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