English Explanatory Dictionary

exteroceptor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sense organ or nerve receptor that responds to external stimuli

Word forms

exteroceptor exteroceptors

Etymology

From extero- + -ceptor.

Related words

exteroceptive exteroception
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