thermoreceptorn.
/ˈθəːməʊrɪˌsɛptə/ Physiology.
A nerve ending that is sensitive to stimulation by heat and cold.
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interoceptor1906
nociceptor1906
photoreceptor1906
proprioceptor1906
receptor1906
radioreceptor1922
mechanoreceptor1927
phonoreceptor1934
stretch receptor1936
pressoreceptor1937
thermoreceptor1937
osmoreceptor1946
baroceptor1949
baroreceptor1951
sensor1956
chemosensor1964
1937 L. 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.
1951 Jrnl. Neurophysiol. 14 423 Knowledge of the intracutaneous depth of the thermo~receptors is of very great importance.
1961 Lancet 9 Sept. 610/1 Professor Hensel will lecture..on the electrophysiology of thermoreceptors.
1971 D. J. Aidley Physiol. 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.
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