Usually means: Detection of chemical stimuli externally.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. chemoreception: Merriam-Webster
  2. chemoreception: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chemoreception: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. chemoreception: Collins English Dictionary
  5. chemoreception: Wiktionary
  6. chemoreception: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. chemoreception: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. chemoreception: Dictionary.com
  9. Chemoreception: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. chemoreception: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. chemoreception: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. chemoreception: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. chemoreception: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chemoreception)

▸ noun:  the physiological sensory response of a sense organ to a chemical stimulus

Similar:
chemoreceptor, chemosensibility, chemonociceptor, chemoorganotrophy, chemoselection, chemiresistor, chemoattractivity, enantiorecognition, chemochrome, chemoresistance, more...

Opposite:
chemoanesthesia, anosmia, hyposmia

Types:
taste, smell, touch, sight, sound, more...

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Similar:
chemoreceptor, chemosensibility, chemonociceptor, chemoorganotrophy, chemoselection, chemiresistor, chemoattractivity, enantiorecognition, chemochrome, chemoresistance, more...

Opposite:
chemoanesthesia, anosmia, hyposmia

Types:
taste, smell, touch, sight, sound, more...



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