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- noun Plural form of
chemoreceptor .
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Examples
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Oil, Solangi said, disrupts sea turtles 'chemoreceptors -- in other words, their senses.
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When scents stimulate chemoreceptors in the brain, pain perception decreases.
The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010
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A tiny pit on each side of the septum is lined with nonfunctioning chemoreceptors.
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The contents of both glasses were then tested with the chemoreceptors in the researcher's oral and nasal cavities.
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The contents of both glasses were then tested with the chemoreceptors in the researcher's oral and nasal cavities.
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The contents of both glasses were then tested with the chemoreceptors in the researcher's oral and nasal cavities.
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The first pair of antennae is often sexually dimorphic and bears chemoreceptors and mechanoreceptors.
Crustacea 2008
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What is more, if the chemoreceptors had detected wine, as a reality-based investigator, I would have to conclude "I don't know" as the cause and thus seek out a reality-based explanation.
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A new study, published today in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has significant implications for the design of disease markers and the development of chemoreceptors used in human biomedical research.
Science 2006
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Moreover, you failed to think of the conclusive test – did either glass of water make you drunk, even if your finite chemoreceptors did not detect wine in either of them?
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