"chemoreceptor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chemoreceptors [plural]
Etymology: chemo- + receptor Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|chemo|receptor}} chemo- + receptor Head templates: {{en-noun}} chemoreceptor (plural chemoreceptors)
  1. a sense organ, or one of its cells (such as those for the sense of taste or smell), that can respond to a chemical stimulus; a chemosensor Derived forms: chemoreceptor trigger zone, chemoreceptorial Related terms: chemoreception, chemosensory Translations (sense organ): kîmîwergir [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), kîmîkewergir [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), хемореце́птор (xemorecéptor) [masculine] (Russian), quimiorreceptor [masculine] (Spanish), kemoreceptor [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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