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Noun: auditory center
Usage: US (elsewhere: auditory centre)
  1. The part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve
    - auditory centre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: auditory centers

Type of: center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], nerve center [US], nerve centre [Brit, Cdn]

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