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Chapter 38 Sensory P
Sensory Perception VocabFundamentals
Vocabulary | Definition |
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Auditory | related to or experienced through hearing |
Awareness | the ability to perceive environmental stimuli and body reactions and to respond appropriately through thought and action |
Cultural care deprivation | lack of culturally assistive, supportive, or facilitative acts |
Culture care | professional health care that is culturally sensitive, culturally appropriate, and culturally competent and is essential for the new millennium |
Gustatory | referring to the sense of taste |
Kinesthetic | refers to awareness of the position and movement of body parts olfactory |
Sensoristasis | the need for sensory stimulation |
Sensory deficit | partial or complete impairment of any sensory organ |
Sensory deprivation | insufficient sensory stimulation for a person to function |
Sensory overload | an overabundance of sensory stimulation |
Sensory perception | the organization and translation of stimuli into meaningful information |
Sensory reception | process of receiving environmental stimuli |
Tactile | related to touch |
Visceral | referring to viscera |
Visual | related to sight |