Usually means: Sensing mechanical changes in environment.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word mechanoreception:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. mechanoreception: Merriam-Webster
  2. mechanoreception: Wiktionary
  3. mechanoreception: Dictionary.com
  4. mechanoreception: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mechanoreception: Encyclopedia

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mechanoreception)

▸ noun:  The action of a mechanoreceptor

Similar:
mechanoactivity, mechanostimulation, mechanoenergetics, piezoactuation, mechanoenergy, mechanistics, automechanism, mechanotranslation, mechanism, servomechanism, more...

Opposite:
nociception, chemoreception, photoreception, thermoreception, electroreception

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Similar:
mechanoactivity, mechanostimulation, mechanoenergetics, piezoactuation, mechanoenergy, mechanistics, automechanism, mechanotranslation, mechanism, servomechanism, more...

Opposite:
nociception, chemoreception, photoreception, thermoreception, electroreception



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