SENSIBILITY

n. Se"ns-i!1b-i:'l'i11-ti. Lat., sensibilitas. Fr., sensibilite. Ger., Empfindlichkeit. The capacity of receiving sensations or impre ions; the power of feeling. [K.] Baric s. See Weight s. Cro ed s. See ALLOCHIRIA. Direct s. The s. which a sensory nerve derives directly from the spinal cord. [K, 29.J Cf. Recurrent s. Muscular s. See Muscular SENSE. Organic s. 1. The a imilating power of living cells (an improper use). [K.] 2. The characteristic s. of cellular elements e. <?., amoebae in consequence of which they respond to excitation or irritation, [a, 40.] Recurrent s. Ger., ziirucklaufender Sinn. The derived s. po e ed by a motor nerve after section of the posterior root of a spinal nerve at a point between the ganglion and the spinal cord. It is ascribed to the presence of recurrent sensory fibres running from the ganglion in the anterior or motor root. [K.] Tactile s. The faculty of apprehending the locality, form, and size of objects by the sense of touch, [a, 48. ] Weight s. The faculty of estimatiug the weight of bodies. [s. 476]