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thermoreceptor Physiol.|ˈθɜːməʊrɪˌsɛptə(r)|
[f. thermo- + receptor.]
A nerve ending that is sensitive to stimulation by heat and cold.
1937L. V. Herbrunn Outl. Gen. Physiol. xli. 506 Animals in general are sensitive to heat and cold but, except in higher animals, thermoreceptors are rare, or at any rate not well known. 1951Jrnl. Neurophysiol. XIV. 423 Knowledge of the intracutaneous depth of the thermo⁓receptors is of very great importance. 1961Lancet 9 Sept. 610/1 Professor Hensel will lecture..on the electrophysiology of thermoreceptors. 1971D. J. Aidley Physiol. of Excitable Cells xv. 307 The sense organs themselves can be classified according to the type of stimulus which normally excites them. Thus mechanoreceptors are excited by mechanical stimuli, photoreceptors are sensitive to light, thermoreceptors are temperature sensitive. |