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osmoreceptors

osmoreceptors is the plural of osmoreceptor.

Meaning of osmoreceptor

Noun

osmoreceptor (plural osmoreceptors)

  1. A sensory receptor, primarily found in the hypothalamus of most homeothermic organisms, that detects changes in osmotic pressure

Questions about osmoreceptors

What is osmoreceptors the plural of?
Osmoreceptors is the plural of osmoreceptor.

Words near osmoreceptors in the dictionary

  1. osmoprotector
  2. osmoprotectors
  3. osmoreception
  4. osmoreceptive
  5. osmoreceptor
  6. osmoreceptors
  7. osmorecovery
  8. osmoregulant
  9. osmoregulants
  10. osmoregulate
  11. osmoregulated

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