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Noun: auditory centre
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: auditory center)
  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
    "Damage to the auditory centre can result in hearing impairment";
    - auditory center [US]

Derived forms: auditory centres

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