sensigenous

English

Etymology

From sense +‎ -i- +‎ -genous.

Adjective

sensigenous (comparative more sensigenous, superlative most sensigenous)

  1. Causing or exciting sensation.
    • 1877, Thomas Henry Huxley, A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals:
      it is becoming clear that the more perfect the sensory apparatus, the more completely do these sensigenous cells take on the form of delicate rods or filaments

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