EXTEROCEPTOR


Meaning of EXTEROCEPTOR in English

/ek'steuhr euh sep"teuhr/ , n. Physiol.

a receptor responding to stimuli originating outside the body.

[ 1905-10; extero- (see EXTEROCEPTIVE) + (RE)CEPTOR ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .