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interoceptor

interoceptor noun: a sensory receptor that detects stimulus within the body.

Noun

interoceptor (plural interoceptors)

  1. A sensory receptor that detects stimulus within the body.

interoceptor meaning in Tamil

interoceptor in Tamil

உட்பொறி, உள்ளுணர்ச்சிவாங்கி

Forms of interoceptor

pluralinteroceptors

Origin of interoceptor

From intero- (analogical to extero-) + -ceptor.

Questions about interoceptor

What does interoceptor mean?
Interoceptor means a sensory receptor that detects stimulus within the body.
What is interoceptor in Tamil?
Interoceptor in Tamil is உட்பொறி, உள்ளுணர்ச்சிவாங்கி. See Interoceptor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is interoceptor?
Interoceptor is a noun.
What is the plural of interoceptor?
The plural of interoceptor is interoceptors.

Words near interoceptor in the dictionary

  1. interoception
  2. interoceptions
  3. interoceptive
  4. interoceptively
  5. interoceptivity
  6. interoceptor
  7. interoceptors
  8. interoctahedral
  9. interoctave
  10. interocular
  11. interocularly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: interoceptor (page history and authors); interoceptor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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