English Explanatory Dictionary

chemoreceptor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a sense organ, or one of its cells (such as those for the sense of taste or smell), that can respond to a chemical stimulus; a chemosensor

Word forms

chemoreceptor chemoreceptors

Etymology

From chemo- + receptor.

Related words

chemoreception chemosensory

Derived words

chemoreceptor trigger zone chemoreceptorial
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