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Sensory receptor has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

2

A sensory nerve ending that recognizes a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism.

Related Terms
Antonyms
effector
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
organ
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
lateral line interoceptor exteroceptor third eye baroreceptor chemoreceptor thermoreceptor eye ear organ of hearing inner ear semicircular canal stretch receptor
Rhyming Words
tor ator ltor stor ctor dtor aitor kotor gator actor fetor astor sutor nator rotor motor tutor jstor bator autor
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