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phonoreceptor

[foh-noh-ri-sep-ter]

noun Physiology, Biology.

a receptor stimulated by sound waves.

Origin of phonoreceptor

phono- + receptor

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phonoreceptor in Medicine

phonoreceptor

[fō′nō-rĭ-sĕp′tər]

n.

A receptor for sound stimuli.

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