receptor, n.
(receptors)
(receptors)
an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
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receptor sense organ sensory receptor
semantic pointers
hyponym
lateral line, lateral line organ
interoceptor, enteroceptor
exteroceptor
third eye, pineal eye
baroreceptor
chemoreceptor
thermoreceptor
eye, oculus, optic
ear
organ of hearing
inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth
semicircular canal
stretch receptor
hypernym
part holonym
part meronym
a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response
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receptor