exteroceptor

American

[ek-ster-uh-sep-ter] / ˌɛk stər əˈsɛp tər /

noun

Physiology.

a receptor responding to stimuli originating outside the body.

exteroceptor British

/ ˈɛkstərəʊˌsɛptə /

noun

any sensory organ or part of the body, such as the eye, able to receive stimuli from outside the body Compare interoceptor proprioceptor

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Other Word Forms

exteroceptive adjective

Etymology

Origin of exteroceptor

1905–10; extero- ( exteroceptive ) + (re)ceptor

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