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beneceptor

beneceptor noun: a sensory receptor that sends pleasurable or beneficial signals.

Noun

beneceptor (plural beneceptors)

  1. A sensory receptor that sends pleasurable or beneficial signals.
    • He divides receptors into three classes— "nociceptors", such as the nerve-endings for pain and hunger, "beneceptors", such as the nerve-endings stimulated when sugar melts on the tongue, and "neutroceptors", such as the nerve-endings in the eye and ear, called " neutroceptors " because they receive...1929, The Australasian Journal of Psychology and Philosophy, page 310
    • The “beneceptors,” “nociceptors,” and "neutroceptors” generally signalled stimuli that were, respectively, beneficial, harmful, or neutral as regards the organism or its species.1973, Behaviorism, page 42
    Antonyms:
    nociceptor

Antonyms of beneceptor

Forms of beneceptor

pluralbeneceptors

Origin of beneceptor

From bene(ficial) + -ceptor.

Questions about beneceptor

What does beneceptor mean?
Beneceptor means a sensory receptor that sends pleasurable or beneficial signals.
What part of speech is beneceptor?
Beneceptor is a noun.
What is the plural of beneceptor?
The plural of beneceptor is beneceptors.

Words near beneceptor in the dictionary

  1. beneath the surface
  2. beneathe
  3. beneathness
  4. beneception
  5. beneceptive
  6. beneceptor
  7. beneceptors
  8. Benecke
  9. Beneckes
  10. benecklaced
  11. BENECO

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