| NOUN | body | thermoreceptor | a sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold |
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| Meaning | A sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold. | |
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| 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 |
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