English Explanatory Dictionary

pruriceptor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A nerve ending that acts as a receptor of itching sensations

Word forms

pruriceptor pruriceptors

Etymology

From Latin pruriō + -ceptor.

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