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thermohygroreceptor

thermohygroreceptor noun: a structure in certain insects which acts as both a thermoreceptor and a hygroreceptor.

Noun

thermohygroreceptor (plural thermohygroreceptors)

  1. A structure in certain insects which acts as both a thermoreceptor and a hygroreceptor.
    • In the present study, the aporous sensillum (A5) embedded in a cavity is functionally classified as thermo-hygroreceptor. Morphologically it belongs to coeloconic, aporous sensillum without a flexible socket, it is located in a chamber open to the environment according to the characteristics...2023 January 12, Artur Taszakowski, Adrian Masłowski, Kent M. Daane, Jolanta Brożek, “Closer view of antennal sensory organs of two Leptoglossus species (Insecta, Hemiptera, Coreidae)”, in Scientific...

Forms of thermohygroreceptor

pluralthermohygroreceptors
alternative formthermo-hygroreceptor

Origin of thermohygroreceptor

From thermo- + hygro- + receptor.

Questions about thermohygroreceptor

What does thermohygroreceptor mean?
Thermohygroreceptor means a structure in certain insects which acts as both a thermoreceptor and a hygroreceptor.
What part of speech is thermohygroreceptor?
Thermohygroreceptor is a noun.
What is the plural of thermohygroreceptor?
The plural of thermohygroreceptor is thermohygroreceptors.

Words near thermohygroreceptor in the dictionary

  1. thermohydrometer
  2. thermohydrometers
  3. thermohygrometer
  4. thermohygrometers
  5. thermohygrometric
  6. thermohygroreceptor
  7. thermohygrosensitive
  8. thermoi
  9. thermoinactivate
  10. thermoinactivated
  11. thermoinactivation

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