BARORECEPTOR


Meaning of BARORECEPTOR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌber-ō-ri-ˈsep-tər, ˌba-rə- ]

noun

also baro·cep·tor ˈber-ō-ˌsep-tər, ˈba-rō-

Date: 1948

: a sensory nerve ending especially in the walls of large arteries (as the carotid sinus) that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure

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