mechanosensoryadj.
/ˌmɛkənəʊˈsɛns(ə)ri/, /ˌmɛkn̩əʊˈsɛns(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌmɛkənoʊˈsɛnsəri/ Physiology.
= mechanosensitive adj.
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rheotropic1884
rheotactic1897
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mechanosensitive1957
mechanosensory1974
1974 Sci. Amer. Jan. 43/2 The three kinds of sensory cells—14 cells per ganglion—respond specifically and selectively to mechanical stimuli and are not activated by even large changes in the temperature, acidity or osmotic pressure of the bathing fluid. There is a striking parallel between these mechanosensory cells in the leech and those that innervate the human skin.
1988 Nature 12 May 171/2 Synaptic transmission between mechanosensory and motor neurons of the gill withdrawal reflex in Aplysia can undergo both short-term and long-term modulation.
1993 N.Y. Times 9 Nov. c9/3 The ant, genus Odontomachus, searches for food using the chemo- and mechanosensory hairs on its antennae.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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