Usually means: Sensory receptor detecting temperature changes.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word thermoreceptor:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. thermoreceptor: Merriam-Webster
  2. thermoreceptor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. thermoreceptor: Collins English Dictionary
  4. thermoreceptor: Vocabulary.com
  5. thermoreceptor: Wiktionary
  6. thermoreceptor: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. thermoreceptor: Dictionary.com
  8. Thermoreceptor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. thermoreceptor: Rhymezone
  10. thermoreceptor: FreeDictionary.org
  11. thermoreceptor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. thermoreceptor: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. thermoreceptor: Encyclopedia

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (thermoreceptor)

▸ noun:  (biology) A nerve cell that is sensitive to changes in temperature

Similar:
thermoceptor, thermonociceptor, protoreceptor, thermosensation, thermoanesthesia, thermogenetics, thermonociception, thermoanaesthesia, photoreceptor, mechanoreceptor, more...

Opposite:
thermosensor, cold receptor

Types:
cold receptor, warm receptor, more...

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Similar:
thermoceptor, thermonociceptor, protoreceptor, thermosensation, thermoanesthesia, thermogenetics, thermonociception, thermoanaesthesia, photoreceptor, mechanoreceptor, more...

Opposite:
thermosensor, cold receptor

Types:
cold receptor, warm receptor, more...



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