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noun
The entire sensory apparatus of an organism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
The central part of a nervous system that receives and coordinates all stimuli.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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noun
The brain or mind in relation to the senses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cortical area, cortical region
History
From Late Latin sensōrium, from Latin sentiō (“feel, perceive”) + Latin -ōrium (suffix denoting a place for a particular function).
