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interoceptive

[ in-tuh-roh-sep-tiv ]
/ ˌɪn tə roʊˈsɛp tɪv /

adjective Physiology.

pertaining to interoceptors, the stimuli acting upon them, or the nerve impulses initiated by them.

Nearby words

  1. internuncial,
  2. internuncial neuron,
  3. internuncio,
  4. interocclusal distance,
  5. interoceanic,
  6. interoceptor,
  7. interocular,
  8. interoffice,
  9. interoperable,
  10. interosculate

Origin of interoceptive

First recorded in 1905–10; interocept(or) + -ive
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