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THERMORECEPTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thermoreceptor mean? 

THERMORECEPTOR (noun)
  The noun THERMORECEPTOR has 1 sense:

1. a sensory receptor that responds to heat and coldplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


THERMORECEPTOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("thermoreceptor" 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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