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thermoceptor

thermoceptor is the alternative form of thermoreceptor.

Meaning of thermoreceptor

Noun

thermoreceptor (plural thermoreceptors)

  1. A nerve cell that is sensitive to changes in temperature

Forms of thermoceptor

pluralthermoceptors

Origin of thermoceptor

From thermo- + -ceptor.

Questions about thermoceptor

What is thermoceptor the alternative form of?
Thermoceptor is the alternative form of thermoreceptor.

Words near thermoceptor in the dictionary

  1. thermocatheter
  2. thermocatheters
  3. thermocautery
  4. thermoception
  5. thermoceptive
  6. thermoceptor
  7. thermoceptors
  8. thermochemic
  9. thermochemical
  10. thermochemical calorie
  11. thermochemical calories

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thermoceptor (page history and authors); thermoreceptor (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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