a. Phys. [mod. f. Gr. αἴσθησ-ις sensory perception + ὁδ-ός way, path + -IC. In mod.Fr. esthésodique.] Of nerves: Providing a path for sensory impulses; conveying sensations from the external organs to the brain or nerve centers.
1878. M. Foster, Physiol., III. v. § 3. 488. They speak of it accordingly as kinesodic and æsthesodic, as simply affording paths for motor and sensory impulses.