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AUDITORY AREA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does auditory area mean?
• AUDITORY AREA (noun)
The noun AUDITORY AREA has 1 sense:
1. the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body
Familiarity information: AUDITORY AREA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
auditory area; auditory cortex
Hypernyms ("auditory area" is a kind of...):
cortical area; cortical region (any of various regions of the cerebral cortex)
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