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exteroceptive

exteroceptive adjective: that responds to external stimuli.

Adjective

exteroceptive (not comparable)

  1. That responds to external stimuli
    • Many amputees report that they are able to perform voluntary movements of their phantom, which generally increase the vividness of the sensations; immobility and involuntary movements are also common. Broadly, phantom sensations can be categorized into kinetic, kinesthetic, and exteroceptive...2017, Melvin Mezue and Tamar R. Makin, “Immutable body representations: Lessons from phantoms in amputees”, in Frédérique de Vignemont and Adrian J. T. Alsmith, editors, The Subject's Matter...

Antonyms of exteroceptive

Questions about exteroceptive

What does exteroceptive mean?
Exteroceptive means that responds to external stimuli.
What part of speech is exteroceptive?
Exteroceptive is an adjective.

Words near exteroceptive in the dictionary

  1. externship
  2. externships
  3. extero-
  4. exteroception
  5. exteroceptions
  6. exteroceptive
  7. exteroceptively
  8. exteroceptor
  9. exteroceptors
  10. exterofective
  11. exterogestation

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