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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sensory receptor en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A sensory nerve ending that recognizes a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism.

Forms

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Hyponyms

mechanoreceptor · baroreceptor · hydroreceptor · photoreceptor · chemoreceptor · osmoreceptor · nociceptor · proprioceptor · electroreceptor · thermoreceptor

Synonyms

sensory receptor