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BARORECEPTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does baroreceptor mean?
• BARORECEPTOR (noun)
The noun BARORECEPTOR has 1 sense:
1. a sensory receptor that responds to pressure
Familiarity information: BARORECEPTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sensory receptor that responds to pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("baroreceptor" 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)
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