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SENSORIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sensorium mean?
• SENSORIUM (noun)
The noun SENSORIUM has 1 sense:
1. the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world
Familiarity information: SENSORIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("sensorium" is a kind of...):
cortical area; cortical region (any of various regions of the cerebral cortex)
Context examples
Associated signs of peripheral hypoperfusion (e.g. cool extremities, oliguria, altered sensorium) or a cardiac index of less than 2.2L/min/m^(2) are present.
(History of Cardiogenic Shock, NCI Thesaurus)
Associated signs of hypoperfusion (cool and clammy skin, oliguria, or altered sensorium) or a cardiac index of less than 2.2 L/min/m2 are present.
(Killip Class, NCI Thesaurus)
Associated signs of hypoperfusion (cool and clammy skin, oliguria, or altered sensorium) or a cardiac index of less than 2.2 L/min/m^(2) are present.
(History of Cardiogenic Shock, NCI Thesaurus)
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