sensorium
[sen-sawr-ee-uh m, -sohr-]
- a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- the sensory apparatus of the body.
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Origin of sensorium
1640–50; < Late Latin sēnsōrium, equivalent to Latin sent(īre) to feel + -tōrium -tory2, with tt > s
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No doubt your suggestion was crystallised in some corner of my sensorium.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume IICharles Darwin
Neither does it lie in a plane which is vertical or horizontal to the sensorium.
The Mystery of SpaceRobert T. Browne
Occasionally it arises from mobility of the sensorium, induced by plethora, or by excessive debility.
The last shred of life, the "sensorium commune" was severed and The Brain was dead.
The BrainAlexander Blade
The sensorium is ‘unreceptive,’ so the idea does not reach consciousness.
Cock Lane and Common-SenseAndrew Lang
sensorium
- the area of the brain considered responsible for receiving and integrating sensations from the outside world
- physiol the entire sensory and intellectual apparatus of the body
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Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin, from Latin sēnsus felt, from sentīre to perceive
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sensorium
(sĕn-sôr′ē-əm)- The part of the brain that receives and coordinates all the stimuli conveyed to various sensory centers.
- The sensory system of the body.
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