OSMORECEPTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does osmoreceptor mean? 

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

1. sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSMORECEPTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("osmoreceptor" is a kind of...):

end organ (a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers)