Usually means: Sensors detecting blood pressure changes.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. baroreceptor: Merriam-Webster
  2. baroreceptor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. baroreceptor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. baroreceptor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. baroreceptor: Vocabulary.com
  6. baroreceptor: Wiktionary
  7. baroreceptor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. baroreceptor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. baroreceptor: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. baroreceptor: Dictionary.com
  11. Baroreceptor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. baroreceptor: Rhymezone
  13. baroreceptor: FreeDictionary.org
  14. baroreceptor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. baroreceptor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. baroreceptor: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. baroreceptor: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (baroreceptor)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) A nerve ending that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure.

Similar:
baroreception, baroreflex, pressoreceptor, proprioceptor, barodenervation, protoreceptor, proprioreceptor, tensoreceptor, statoreceptor, thermoreceptor, more...

Types:
carotid sinus, aortic arch, more...

Phrases:
baroreceptor reflex, more...

Adjectives:
arterial, aortic, renal, intrarenal, inhibitory, major, single, chronic, chemo, pressure, second

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Similar:
baroreception, baroreflex, pressoreceptor, proprioceptor, barodenervation, protoreceptor, proprioreceptor, tensoreceptor, statoreceptor, thermoreceptor, more...

Types:
carotid sinus, aortic arch, more...

Phrases:
baroreceptor reflex, more...

Adjectives:
arterial, aortic, renal, intrarenal, inhibitory, major, single, chronic, chemo, pressure, second



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