English noun: auditory system | |||
1. | auditory system (body) the sensory system for hearing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sensory system | ||
Part holonym | acoustic nerve, auditory apparatus, auditory nerve, ear, eighth cranial nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, vestibulocochlear nerve | ||
Domain category | audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, hearing, sense of hearing | ||