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Sensory Receptor

Definition: Sensory Receptor

Sensory Receptor

Noun

1. An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Sensory Receptor

Synonyms: receptor (n), sense organ (n). (additional references)
Antonym: effector (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Sensory Receptor

English words defined with "sensory receptor": baroreceptorchemoreceptorfree nerve endingthermoreceptor. (references)
Specialty definitions using "sensory receptor": Evoked PotentialsReceptors, SensoryTaste Buds. (references)

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Modern Translations: Sensory Receptor

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

Danish

  

sensorisk receptor. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

receptor van de zintuigen. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ihon vastaanotinsolu (sensory receptor in the skin). (various references)

   

French

  

récepteur sensoriel. (various references)

   

German

  

Sinnesrezeptor. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ricettore sensorio. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ensorysay eceptorray

   

Portuguese

  

receptor sensorial. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

receptor sensorial. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

känselreceptorer i huden (sensory receptor in the skin). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Sensory Receptor

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-n-o-o-p-r-r-r-s-s-t-y"

-3 letters: cyproterones.

-4 letters: corepressor, cyproterone, stereoscope, stereoscopy.

-5 letters: copestones, copresents, precensors, precentors, prescreens, presenters, prosectors, represents, respecters, responsory, stonecrops.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Sensory Receptor


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 65 6E 73 6F 72 79      52 65 63 65 70 74 6F 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100101 01101110 01110011 01101111 01110010 01111001 00100000 01010010 01100101 01100011 01100101 01110000 01110100 01101111 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#110 &#115 &#111 &#114 &#121 &#32 &#82 &#101 &#99 &#101 &#112 &#116 &#111 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 006E 0073 006F 0072 0079      0052 0065 0063 0065 0070 0074 006F 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5371808581849125271697182868184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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