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THERMORECEPTOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("thermoreceptor" 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)