Usually means: Sensory cells detecting mechanical stimuli.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word mechanoreceptor:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. mechanoreceptor: Merriam-Webster
  2. mechanoreceptor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mechanoreceptor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mechanoreceptor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mechanoreceptor: Wiktionary
  6. mechanoreceptor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. mechanoreceptor: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. mechanoreceptor: Dictionary.com
  9. Mechanoreceptor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. mechanoreceptor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mechanoreceptor: Encyclopedia

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

(Note: See mechanoreception as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (mechanoreceptor)

noun:  (biology) any receptor that provides an organism with information about mechanical changes in its environment, such as movement, tension and pressure

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