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exteroceptor

exteroceptor noun: a sense organ or nerve receptor that responds to external stimuli.

Noun

exteroceptor (plural exteroceptors)

  1. A sense organ or nerve receptor that responds to external stimuli

exteroceptor meaning in Tamil

exteroceptor in Tamil

புறப்பொறி, வெளித்தூண்டல், புறப்புலனுறுப்பு, வெளி உணர்வி

Forms of exteroceptor

pluralexteroceptors

Origin of exteroceptor

From extero- + -ceptor.

Questions about exteroceptor

What does exteroceptor mean?
Exteroceptor means a sense organ or nerve receptor that responds to external stimuli.
What is exteroceptor in Tamil?
Exteroceptor in Tamil is புறப்பொறி, வெளித்தூண்டல், புறப்புலனுறுப்பு. See Exteroceptor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is exteroceptor?
Exteroceptor is a noun.
What is the plural of exteroceptor?
The plural of exteroceptor is exteroceptors.

Words near exteroceptor in the dictionary

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

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