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mechanoreceptor

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

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

mechanoreceptor meaning in Tamil

mechanoreceptor in Tamil

பொறியியக்க ஏற்பி இயக்கேலி

Forms of mechanoreceptor

pluralmechanoreceptors

Origin of mechanoreceptor

From mechano- + receptor.

Questions about mechanoreceptor

What does mechanoreceptor mean?
Mechanoreceptor means any receptor that provides an organism with information about mechanical changes in its environment, such as movement, tension and pressure.
What is mechanoreceptor in Tamil?
Mechanoreceptor in Tamil is பொறியியக்க ஏற்பி இயக்கேலி. See Mechanoreceptor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mechanoreceptor?
Mechanoreceptor is a noun.
What is the plural of mechanoreceptor?
The plural of mechanoreceptor is mechanoreceptors.

Words near mechanoreceptor in the dictionary

  1. mechanoprotective
  2. mechanoptosis
  3. mechanoreception
  4. mechanoreceptive
  5. mechanoreceptivity
  6. mechanoreceptor
  7. mechanoreceptorial
  8. mechanoreceptors
  9. mechanoreceptory
  10. mechanoreciprocity
  11. mechanoreflex

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mechanoreceptor (page history and authors); mechanoreceptor (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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