STRETCH RECEPTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stretch receptor mean? 

• STRETCH RECEPTOR (noun)
  The noun STRETCH RECEPTOR has 1 sense:

1. a receptor in a muscle that responds to stretching of the muscle tissue

  Familiarity information: STRETCH RECEPTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRETCH RECEPTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A receptor in a muscle that responds to stretching of the muscle tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("stretch receptor" 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)