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Chemoreceptor

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    a sense organ, or one of its cells (such as those for the sense of taste or smell), that can respond to a chemical stimulus; a chemosensor
  2. 2
    a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli wordnet

Etymology

From chemo- + receptor.

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