Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A sensory nerve cell or sense organ, as of smell or taste, that responds to chemical stimuli.

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  • noun a sense organ, or one of its cells (such as those for the sense of taste or smell), that can respond to a chemical stimulus; a chemosensor

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  • noun a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli

Etymologies

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chemo- +‎ receptor

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Examples

  • Meanwhile, what are known as chemoreceptor cilia, found on olfactory neurons, detect odor.

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  • "It is noted that the likely impacts to the fish in case of leakage will be instant impact on fish gills, fish skin and some other chemoreceptor," the panel said.

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  • "It is noted that the likely impacts to the fish in case of leakage will be instant impact on fish gills, fish skin and some other chemoreceptor," the panel said.

    India Holds Back OK for NTPC Gas Line Prasenjit Bhattacharya 2011

  • These permit water to pass over the nasal sacs that contain sophisticated chemoreceptor cells.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • These permit water to pass over the nasal sacs that contain sophisticated chemoreceptor cells.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • These permit water to pass over the nasal sacs that contain sophisticated chemoreceptor cells.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • These permit water to pass over the nasal sacs that contain sophisticated chemoreceptor cells.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • The brain's role in regulating respiration and heart rate relies on information received from baroreceptor sites and chemoreceptor sites located inside the brain stem.

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  • Within the skull were well develop sinus cavities indicating that they had an advanced sense of smell, and some have suggested the sinuses may have held a chemoreceptor organ similar to the

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  • Within the skull were well develop sinus cavities indicating that they had an advanced sense of smell, and some have suggested the sinuses may have held a chemoreceptor organ similar to the

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

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