Sense

An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences · 1907 · p. 45

(sens). The faculty of the nervous system whereby impre ions of the external world are received by the mind. Organs of the Senses are those of touch, taste, smell, hearing, Senegin (sen'-e-gin). An amorphous glucosid obtained from Senega. It is soluble in water, making a frothy solution, and is sternutatory. It contains sapogenin and sugar.