Nearby words
stretch limo, stretch mark, stretch marks, stretch mill, stretch one's legs, stretch receptor, stretch reflex, stretch runner, stretcher, stretcher-bearer, stretchie
Origin of stretch receptor
First recorded in 1935–40
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Medicine definitions for stretch receptor
stretch receptor
n.
A sensory receptor in a muscle that responds to the stretching of tissue.
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