PERCEPTA
\pəsˈɛptə], \pəsˈɛptə], \p_ə_s_ˈɛ_p_t_ə]\
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A word used by some writers on hygiene to indicate, in a general manner, the effects of the nervous action on the animal economy; in other words, the sensations, the functions of the mind, and their deterioration or privation.
By Robley Dunglison