INTEROCEPTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interoceptor mean? 

• INTEROCEPTOR (noun)
  The noun INTEROCEPTOR has 1 sense:

1. any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body

  Familiarity information: INTEROCEPTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTEROCEPTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

enteroceptor; interoceptor

Hypernyms ("interoceptor" 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)