sensorium
English
/sɛnˈsɔː.ɹi.əm/
noun
Definitions
- (psychology) The entire sensory apparatus of an organism.
- (physiology) The central part of a nervous system that receives and coordinates all stimuli.
- (figurative) The brain or mind in relation to the senses.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sensōrium, sentiō (feel, perceive), -orium (suffix denoting a place for a particular function).
Origin
Latin
-orium
Gloss
suffix denoting a place for a particular function
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- intersensorial English
- multisensorial English
- neurosensorial English
- psychosensorial English
- sensorial English
- sensoriality English
- sensorially English
- sensory English
- somatosensorial English
- viscerosensorial English
- -orium Latin
- assentio Latin
- assentior Latin
- assentor Latin
- consentio Latin
- dissentio Latin
- sensōrium Latin
- sentifico Latin
- sentimentum Latin
- sentisco Latin
- sentiō Latin
- subsentio Latin
- simtu Aromanian
- *sɨnhɨd Proto-Brythonic