Medical Dictionary
telephone theory
noun tele·phone theory \ˈtel-ə-ˌfōn-\
Medical Definition of TELEPHONE THEORY
: a theory in physiology: the perception of pitch depends on the frequency of the nerve impulses induced by sounds of different pitch—compare place theory
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