English Explanatory Dictionary

interoceptor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sensory receptor that detects stimulus within the body.

Word forms

interoceptor interoceptors

Etymology

From intero- (analogical to extero-) + -ceptor.

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