sensorium Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world

L., fr. sentire, sensum, to discern or perceive by the senses.

plural E Sensoriums L Sensoria

(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.