LOCALISATION OF FUNCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does localisation of function mean? 

• LOCALISATION OF FUNCTION (noun)
  The noun LOCALISATION OF FUNCTION has 1 sense:

1. (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

  Familiarity information: LOCALISATION OF FUNCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOCALISATION OF FUNCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

localisation; localisation of function; localisation principle; localization; localization of function; localization principle

Hypernyms ("localisation of function" is a kind of...):

principle; rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system)

Domain category:

physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "localisation of function"):

lateralisation; laterality; lateralization (localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain)