Sensorium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sensorium \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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