Phrase guide
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noun
A sensory nerve ending that recognizes a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sense organ, receptor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organ
Narrower terms: 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
History
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