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chemoreceptive

chemoreceptive adjective: able to respond to a chemical stimulus.

Adjective

chemoreceptive (comparative more chemoreceptive, superlative most chemoreceptive)

  1. able to respond to a chemical stimulus

Forms of chemoreceptive

comparativemore chemoreceptive
superlativemost chemoreceptive

Origin of chemoreceptive

From chemo- + receptive.

Questions about chemoreceptive

What does chemoreceptive mean?
Chemoreceptive means able to respond to a chemical stimulus.
What part of speech is chemoreceptive?
Chemoreceptive is an adjective.

Words near chemoreceptive in the dictionary

  1. chemoradiotherapeutic
  2. chemoradiotherapies
  3. chemoradiotherapy
  4. chemoreception
  5. chemoreceptions
  6. chemoreceptive
  7. chemoreceptivity
  8. chemoreceptor
  9. chemoreceptor trigger zone
  10. chemoreceptorial
  11. chemoreceptors

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