somatotopy

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noun

The correspondence between the position of a receptor in part of the body and the corresponding area of the cerebral cortex that is activated by it.

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Meanings

nounsomatotopy (usually uncountable, plural somatotopies)

plural somatotopies

  1. uncountableusuallyThe correspondence between the position of a receptor in part of the body and the corresponding area of the cerebral cortex that is activated by it.

Origin

From somato- + -topy.

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APA

somatotopy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatotopy

MLA

“somatotopy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatotopy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somatotopy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatotopy.

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