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extrareceptive

extrareceptive adjective: external to the normal receptive field of a stimulation.

Adjective

extrareceptive (not comparable)

  1. External to the normal receptive field of a stimulation

Origin of extrareceptive

From extra- + receptive.

Questions about extrareceptive

What does extrareceptive mean?
Extrareceptive means external to the normal receptive field of a stimulation.
What part of speech is extrareceptive?
Extrareceptive is an adjective.

Words near extrareceptive in the dictionary

  1. extraradical
  2. extraradically
  3. extraradicular
  4. extrarational
  5. extrarealistic
  6. extrareceptive
  7. extrared
  8. extraregional
  9. extraregionally
  10. extraregular
  11. extraregularly

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