Sen*so"ri*um (?), n.;
pl. E. Sensoriums (#), L. Sensoria (#). [L.,
fr. sentire, sensum, to discern or perceive by the senses.]
(Physiol.) 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.
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