sensorium

[sen-sawr-ee-uh m, -sohr-]

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noun, plural sen·so·ri·ums, sen·so·ri·a

[sen-sawr-ee-uh, -sohr-] /sɛnˈsɔr i ə, -ˈsoʊr-/.

a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
the sensory apparatus of the body.

Origin of sensorium

1640–50; < Late Latin sēnsōrium, equivalent to Latin sent(īre) to feel + -tōrium -tory², with tt > s

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Related Words for sensorium

nerves, neurology, sensorium

Examples from the Web for sensorium

Historical Examples of sensorium

No doubt your suggestion was crystallised in some corner of my sensorium.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II
Charles Darwin
Neither does it lie in a plane which is vertical or horizontal to the sensorium.
The Mystery of Space
Robert T. Browne
Occasionally it arises from mobility of the sensorium, induced by plethora, or by excessive debility.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
The last shred of life, the "sensorium commune" was severed and The Brain was dead.
The Brain
Alexander Blade
The sensorium is ‘unreceptive,’ so the idea does not reach consciousness.
Cock Lane and Common-Sense
Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for sensorium

sensorium

noun plural -riums or -ria (-rɪə)

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

Word Origin for sensorium

C17: from Late Latin, from Latin sēnsus felt, from sentīre to perceive

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Word Origin and History for sensorium

1640s, "seat of the soul" in the brain, from Late Latin sensorium, from sens-, past participle stem of sentire "to feel" (see sense (n.)) + -orium (see -ory).

sensorium in Medicine

sensorium

[sĕn-sôr′ē-əm]

n. pl. sen•so•ri•ums

The part of the brain that receives and coordinates all the stimuli conveyed to various sensory centers.
The sensory system of the body.