interoceptor

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(in′tə rō sep′tər)


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in•ter•o•cep•tor  (in′tə rō sep′tər),USA pronunciation n. [Physiol.]
  1. Physiologya receptor, esp. of the viscera, responding to stimuli originating from within the body.
  • 1905–10; inter(ior) + -o- + (re)ceptor; compare exteroceptor


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