INTEROCEPTOR

interoceptor, enteroceptor

(noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

interoceptor (plural interoceptors)

A sensory receptor that detects stimulus within the body.

Anagrams

• enterotropic, portoenteric, reprotection

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

2 January 2025

AFOREMENTIONED

(adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; “works of all the aforementioned authors”; “said party has denied the charges”


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