Usually means: Sensors detecting internal bodily changes.
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  1. interoceptor: Merriam-Webster
  2. interoceptor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. interoceptor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. interoceptor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. interoceptor: Vocabulary.com
  6. interoceptor: Wiktionary
  7. interoceptor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. interoceptor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. interoceptor: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. interoceptor: Dictionary.com
  11. interoceptor: Rhymezone
  12. interoceptor: FreeDictionary.org
  13. interoceptor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. interoceptor: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. interoceptor: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. interoceptor: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  5. interoceptor: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (interoceptor)

▸ noun:  A sensory receptor that detects stimulus within the body.

Similar:
interoception, enteroreceptor, exteroceptor, exteroreceptor, enteroception, interoceptivity, interceptor, pars intercerebralis, interrenal, cardioception, more...

Opposite:
exteroceptor, proprioceptor, nociceptor

Types:
proprioceptor, mechanoreceptor, chemoreceptor, photoreceptor, thermoreceptor, more...

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Similar:
interoception, enteroreceptor, exteroceptor, exteroreceptor, enteroception, interoceptivity, interceptor, pars intercerebralis, interrenal, cardioception, more...

Opposite:
exteroceptor, proprioceptor, nociceptor

Types:
proprioceptor, mechanoreceptor, chemoreceptor, photoreceptor, thermoreceptor, more...



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