SENSORIMOTOR REGION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sensorimotor region mean? 

• SENSORIMOTOR REGION (noun)
  The noun SENSORIMOTOR REGION has 1 sense:

1. an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions

  Familiarity information: SENSORIMOTOR REGION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENSORIMOTOR REGION (noun)

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Meaning:

An area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

sensorimotor area; sensorimotor region

Hypernyms ("sensorimotor region" is a kind of...):

cortical area; cortical region (any of various regions of the cerebral cortex)