baroreceptor

Other forms: baroreceptors

Definitions of baroreceptor
  1. noun
    a sensory receptor that responds to pressure
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    type of:
    receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor
    an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
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