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noun Cell Biology.

one of several specialized structures at the peripheral end of sensory or motor nerve fibers.

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Origin of end organ

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby end organ

endoplasmic reticulum, endopodite, endoproct, Endoprocta, endopterygote, end organ, endorheic, endorphin, endorphins, endorsation, endorse

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How to use end organ in a sentence

The equivalent of that nerve— the most direct route to its end organ—is to go south of the equivalent of the artery.
Rediscovering Richard Dawkins: An Interview|J.P. O’Malley|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There is the hair end-organ, consisting of a sensory axon coiled about the root of the hair; this, also, is a touch receptor.
Psychology|Robert S. Woodworth
We learn that the individual may be either a communicating cell or a terminal cell, otherwise known as an end organ.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, October 1899|Various
The lookout man at sea, on the other hand, is invariably an end organ.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, October 1899|Various

It would sound more accurate if one could say "demanding some end-organ different from those which we know that we possess."
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death|Frederick W. H. Myers
This method is an end-organ anesthesia, and the solutions employed are strong and act because of their drug content.
Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry|Maximilian Stern

British Dictionary definitions for end organ

end organ

noun

anatomy the expanded end of a peripheral motor or sensory nerve

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