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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
    - auditory center [US]

Derived forms: auditory centres

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