Exteroceptor

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sense organ or nerve receptor that responds to external stimuli
  2. 2
    any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body wordnet

Etymology

From extero- + -ceptor.

Related phrases

sense organ

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