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PROPRIOCEPTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does proprioceptor mean?
• PROPRIOCEPTOR (noun)
The noun PROPRIOCEPTOR has 1 sense:
1. special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body
Familiarity information: PROPRIOCEPTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("proprioceptor" is a kind of...):
nerve end; nerve ending (the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse)
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