thermoreceptor

English

Etymology

thermo- +‎ receptor

Noun

thermoreceptor (plural thermoreceptors)

(biology) A nerve cell that is sensitive to changes in temperature

Hyponyms

cold receptor (thermoreceptor sensitive to cold)
warm receptor, warmth receptor (thermoreceptor sensitive to warmth)

Derived terms

thermoreceptive

Translations

Translations

Czech: termoreceptor m
Finnish: lämpötilareseptori
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: germîwergir f
Russian: терморецептор (ru) m (termoreceptor), температурный реце́птор (temperaturnyj recéptor)

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