STRETCH RECEPTOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A receptor in a muscle that responds to stretching of the muscle tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("stretch receptor" is a kind of...):

receptor; sense organ; sensory receptor (an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)

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