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proprioceptors

proprioceptors is the plural of proprioceptor.

Meaning of proprioceptor

Noun

proprioceptor (plural proprioceptors)

  1. A nerve ending that functions as a sensory receptor in muscles, tendons, joints and the inner ear; they respond to movement and position

Questions about proprioceptors

What is proprioceptors the plural of?
Proprioceptors is the plural of proprioceptor.

Words near proprioceptors in the dictionary

  1. proprioceptional
  2. proprioceptions
  3. proprioceptive
  4. proprioceptively
  5. proprioceptor
  6. proprioceptors
  7. proprioceptory
  8. propriolactone
  9. propriomotor
  10. proprionate
  11. proprionates

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