chemoreception

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Meaning

1. noun the physiological sensory response of a sense organ to a chemical stimulus

Similar words

arthropod chemoreceptor chemosensibility chemonociceptor chemoorganotrophy chemoselection chemiresistor chemoattractivity enantiorecognition chemochrome

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Word family

chemoreceptions chemoreceptive