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OSMORECEPTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does osmoreceptor mean? 

OSMORECEPTOR (noun)
  The noun OSMORECEPTOR has 1 sense:

1. sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressureplay

  Familiarity information: OSMORECEPTOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OSMORECEPTOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("osmoreceptor" is a kind of...):

end organ (a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers)


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