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EXTEROCEPTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exteroceptor mean?
• EXTEROCEPTOR (noun)
The noun EXTEROCEPTOR has 1 sense:
1. any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body
Familiarity information: EXTEROCEPTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("exteroceptor" is a kind of...):
receptor; sense organ; sensory receptor (an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)
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