WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sense′ or′gan, 
  1. Anatomya specialized bodily structure that receives or is sensitive to internal or external stimuli;
    receptor.
  • 1850–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sense organ n
  1. a structure in animals that is specialized for receiving external or internal stimuli and transmitting them in the form of nervous impulses to the brain
'sense organ' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
organon - Johnston's organ - organoleptic - tactile corpuscle - sensation - sense datum - sensillum - sensor - sensory neuron - statocyst

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