PROPRIOCEPTOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

nerve end; nerve ending (the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse)

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