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thermoreceptor

American

[thur-moh-ri-sep-ter] / ˌθɜr moʊ rɪˈsɛp tər /

noun

Physiology.

a receptor stimulated by changes in temperature.

Etymology

Origin of thermoreceptor

First recorded in 1945–50; thermo- + receptor

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