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mechanoceptor

mechanoceptor is the alternative form of mechanoreceptor.

Meaning of mechanoreceptor

Noun

mechanoreceptor (plural mechanoreceptors)

  1. any receptor that provides an organism with information about mechanical changes in its environment, such as movement, tension and pressure

Forms of mechanoceptor

pluralmechanoceptors

Origin of mechanoceptor

From mechano- + -ceptor.

Questions about mechanoceptor

What is mechanoceptor the alternative form of?
Mechanoceptor is the alternative form of mechanoreceptor.

Words near mechanoceptor in the dictionary

  1. mechanocardiography
  2. mechanocellular
  3. mechanoceptic
  4. mechanoceptically
  5. mechanoceptive
  6. mechanoceptor
  7. mechanoceptors
  8. mechanochemical
  9. mechanochemically
  10. mechanochemistry
  11. mechanochromic

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