chemoreceptor

[kee-moh-ri-sep-ter, kem-oh-]

noun Physiology.

a receptor stimulated by chemical means.

Origin of chemoreceptor

First recorded in 1905–10; chemo- + receptor

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British Dictionary definitions for chemoreceptor

chemoreceptor

chemoceptor

noun

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.

A sensory nerve cell or sense organ, as of smell or taste, that responds to chemical stimuli.