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 

• AUDITORY AREA (noun)

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)