Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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sensory system | Yes | No | No | No |
receptor | Yes | No | No | No |
sensory system (noun) | receptor (noun) |
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the body's system of sense organs | an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation |
a particular sense | a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response |