thermoreceptor

English

Etymology

From thermo- +‎ receptor.

Noun

thermoreceptor (plural thermoreceptors)

1. (biology) A nerve cell that is sensitive to changes in temperature

Hyponyms

• cold receptor (thermoreceptor sensitive to cold)
• warm receptor, warmth receptor (thermoreceptor sensitive to warmth)

Derived terms

• thermoreceptive

Translations

Translations

• Czech: termoreceptor m
• Finnish: lämpötilareseptori
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: germîwergir f

• Russian: терморецептор (ru) m (termoreceptor), температурный реце́птор (temperaturnyj recéptor)