Exteroceptor Definition

ĕkstə-rō-sĕptər
noun
A sense organ receiving stimuli from the external environment, as the eye or the heat receptors in the skin.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Exteroceptor

Noun

Singular:
exteroceptor
Plural:
exteroceptors

Origin of Exteroceptor

  • Latin exter outside exterior (re)ceptor

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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