exteroceptor meaning

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exteroceptor (noun): any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body.

Definition of exteroceptor

  1. any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body

    Type of: sense organ

Scrabble score: 23 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with EX · words ending in OR · 12-letter words

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