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Related / Similar Words: sense organ, receptor

 

Definition:
  • an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation;

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    Hyponyms: lateral line, lateral line organ, interoceptor, enteroceptor, exteroceptor, third eye, pineal eye, baroreceptor, chemoreceptor, thermoreceptor, eye, oculus, optic, ear, organ of hearing, inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth, semicircular canal, stretch receptor

     

    Part Meronyms: sensory system

     

    Derivational Morphology: pick up, receive

     

     
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