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chemoreceptor

[kee-moh-ri-sep-ter, kem-oh-]
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noun Physiology.
  1. a receptor stimulated by chemical means.
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Origin of chemoreceptor

First recorded in 1905–10; chemo- + receptor
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British Dictionary definitions for chemoreceptor

chemoreceptor

chemoceptor

noun
  1. a sensory receptor in a biological cell membrane to which an external molecule binds to generate a smell or taste sensation
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chemoreceptor in Medicine

chemoreceptor

(kē′mō-rĭ-sĕp′tər)
n.
  1. A sensory nerve cell or sense organ, as of smell or taste, that responds to chemical stimuli.
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