OSMORECEPTOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("osmoreceptor" is a kind of...):

end organ (a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers)

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