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/lˌoʊkələzˈeɪʃən əv fˈəŋkʃən/ Listen

Localization of function

noun

(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body. Synonyms: localisation, localisation of function, localisation principle, localization, localization principle.

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... founders of the science of anatomy, Erasistratus and Herophilus, who lived in the age of Ptolemy Soter, taught that the brain was the seat of sensation and intellect, and that there was therein a certain degree of localization of function. Galen later taught that the brain is the seat of the soul and intellect. From these facts of history the system of phrenology, though formulated by Dr. Gall, Dr. Spurzheim, the Fowler Brothers and others, rests upon deductions derived from the teachings of ...

— The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing - A Manual of Ready Reference • Joseph Triemens

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