: the parts of the brain or the mind concerned with the reception and interpretation of sensory stimuli
broadly : the entire sensory apparatus

Examples of sensorium in a Sentence

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All historians learn to live with the longing to know what’s vanished, but surely historians of the senses are in pursuit of the most transient of all: the archaic sensorium. Michelle Weber, Longreads, 15 Nov. 2024 But none of that is a full sensorium. Adam Rogers, Wired, 24 Nov. 2021

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin, sense organ, from Latin sentire

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sensorium was in 1613

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“Sensorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sensorium. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

Medical Definition

plural sensoriums or sensoria -ē-ə How to pronounce sensorium (audio)
1
: the parts of the brain or the mind concerned with the reception and interpretation of sensory stimuli
broadly : the entire sensory apparatus
2
a
: ability of the brain to receive and interpret sensory stimuli
decreasing sensorium
b
: the state of consciousness judged in terms of this ability
a clouded sensorium
the sensorium remained clear
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