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THERMORECEPTORS

"THERMORECEPTORS" is a plural of: thermoreceptor.


Specialty Definition: THERMORECEPTORS

DomainDefinition

Health

Cellular receptors which mediate the sense of temperature. Thermoreceptors in vertebrates are mostly located under the skin. In mammals there are separate types of thermoreceptors for cold and for warmth and nociceptors which detect cold or heat extreme enough to cause pain. (references)

Medicine

The nerve-endings that receive stimuli from hot or cold objects. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: THERMORECEPTORS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Thermal Sensations and Thermoreceptors in Man (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: THERMORECEPTORS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

thermoreceptors

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: THERMORECEPTORS

Language Translations for "THERMORECEPTORS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

thermoreceptorer, termoreceptorer. (various references)

   

French

  

thermorécepteur. (various references)

   

German

  

Thermorezeptoren. (various references)

   

Italian

  

termocettori, recettori termici. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ermoreceptorsthay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: THERMORECEPTORS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-h-m-o-o-p-r-r-r-s-t-t"

-1 letter: thermoreceptor.

-3 letters: spectrometer.

-4 letters: hectometers, photometers, spherometer, thermoscope.

-5 letters: ectomorphs, ectotherms, hectometer, photometer, potometers, protectors, retrospect, rheometers, stepmother, threescore.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-h-m-o-o-p-r-r-r-s-t-t"
 

+4 letters: electrophoretograms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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