sensorium
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
the sensory apparatus of the body.
Origin of sensorium
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How to use sensorium in a sentence
Neither does it lie in a plane which is vertical or horizontal to the sensorium.
The Mystery of Space | Robert T. BrowneHe reduced his imagination to a passive sensorium for the registering of impressions.
Winds Of Doctrine | George SantayanaIn the body it is related to the sensorium, the centres of sensation, and reflexly controls the nerves of action.
Astrology | SepharialIn dreaming, the things which we seem to see and hear are changes produced in the sensorium by cerebral or other influences.
In delirium, the sensorium itself is disordered and produces false appearances, spectres, etc.
British Dictionary definitions for sensorium
/ (sɛnˈsɔːrɪəm) /
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
Origin of sensorium
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