English Explanatory Dictionary

mechanoreceptor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

any receptor that provides an organism with information about mechanical changes in its environment, such as movement, tension and pressure

Word forms

mechanoreceptor mechanoreceptors

Etymology

From mechano- + receptor.

Related words

mechanoreception mechanoreceptive mechanoreceptorial mechanoreceptory

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