| NOUN | body | chemoreceptor | a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli |
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| Meaning | A sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli. | |
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| Narrower | carotid body | A chemoreceptor located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries |
| nose, olfactory organ | The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract | |
| tastebud, taste bud, gustatory organ | An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue | |
| Broader | sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor | An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation |
| Spanish | quimiorreceptor | |
| Adjectives | chemoreceptive | of or relating to chemoreceptors |
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