‖ sensoˈriolum rare.
Pl. -ola.
[mod.L. dim. of sensorium.]
A small sensorium: (a) (see quot. 1714); (b) a minute organ of sense.
| 1714 Addison Spect. No. 565 ¶8 Brutes and Men have their Sensoriola, or little Sensoriums, by which they apprehend the Presence and perceive the Actions of a few Objects, that lie contiguous to them. 1843 Wilkinson tr. Swedenborg's Anim. Kingd. I. i. 37 That it shall have the power of..expanding and relaxing..its sensoriola or papillæ. |