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beneceptors

beneceptors is the plural of beneceptor.

Meaning of beneceptor

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
    Antonyms:
    nociceptor

Questions about beneceptors

What is beneceptors the plural of?
Beneceptors is the plural of beneceptor.

Words near beneceptors in the dictionary

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

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