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Definition of Sensorium
1. Noun. The areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world.
Definition of Sensorium
1. n. The seat of sensation; the nervous center or centers to which impressions from the external world must be conveyed before they can be perceived; the place where external impressions are localized, and transformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other parts of the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations.
Definition of Sensorium
1. Noun. All the sensory apparatus of an organism ¹
2. Noun. The central part of a nervous system that receives and coordinates all stimuli ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sensorium
1. the part of the brain concerned with the reception and interpretation of sensory stimuli [n -RIA or -RIUMS]
Medical Definition of Sensorium
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Origin: L, fr. Sentire, sensum, to discern or perceive by the senses.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sensorium
Literary usage of Sensorium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Temple of Nature, Or, The Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical by Erasmus Darwin (1804)
"These four faculties of the sensorium during their inactive state are termed
irritability, sensibility, voluntarily, and associability; in. their active ..."
2. The Principles of Medical Psychology: Being the Outlines of a Course of Lectures by Ernst Feuchtersleben, Benjamin Guy Babington (1847)
"How much or how little is implied by this will appear in the sequel." By sensorium
commune nothing more is to be understood here than the immediate ..."
3. Elementary Psychology and Education: A Text-book for High Schools, Normal by Joseph Baldwin (1889)
"THE sensorium. see tlie landscape, hear the song of birds, smell the rose, taste
the orange, touch the paper, press the hand of friendship. ..."
4. Language and Languages: Being "Chapters on Language" and "Families of Speech" by Frederic William Farrar (1878)
"Wir sind ein denkendes sensorium commune nur von verschiedenen Seiten ... By the
name sensorium commune, however, I do not mean merely the brain, ..."
5. Chapters on Language by Frederic William Farrar (1865)
"Wir sind cin denkendes sensorium commune nur von verschiedenen Seiten ... By the
name sensorium commune, however, I do not mean merely the brain, ..."
6. Chapters on Language by Frederic William Farrar (1865)
"Wir sind ein denkendes sensorium commune rnir von verschiedenen Seiten ...
By the name sensorium commune, however, I do not mean merely the brain, ..."
7. Chapters on Language by Frederic William Farrar (1873)
"Wir sind ein denkendes sensorium commune nur von verschiedenen Seiten ... By the
name sensorium commune, however, I do not mean merely the brain, ..."
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