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PROPRIOCEPTOR
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body
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Hypernyms ("proprioceptor" is a kind of...):
nerve end; nerve ending (the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse)