Search Result for "sensory_receptor":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation;
[syn: sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sensory receptor
    n 1: an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or
         eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
         [syn: sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor] [ant:
         effector]