localization (lo-kal-i-za's hun). 1

The proce of determining the situation in which physiological and morbid proce es originate; especially the determination of the portions of the central nervous system in which the nerve fibers that preside over particular functions take their origin (see cerebral I.). 2. The proce by which a general physiological or morbid action or condition becomes concentrated in one particular locality, cerebral 1. 1. The localization of different functions (motor, sensory) in the cortex of the cerebrum. 2. A cerebral manifestation of a systemic disease, experimental 1. The 1. of cerebral functions by means of experiments on animals. morbid 1. See 1st def.