BARORECEPTOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sensory receptor that responds to pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("baroreceptor" is a kind of...):

receptor; sense organ; sensory receptor (an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)

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