Medical Definition of Chemoceptor

1. A receptor adapted for excitation by chemical substances, for example, olfactory and gustatory receptors or a sense organ, as the carotid body or the aortic (supracardial) bodies, which is sensitive to chemical changes in the blood stream, especially reduced oxygen content and reflexly increases both respiration and blood pressure. See: receptor. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chemoceptor

chemo-responsive
chemoattractant
chemoattractants
chemoattraction
chemoattractions
chemoattractive
chemoautotroph
chemoautotrophic
chemoautotrophs
chemoautotrophy
chemobiodynamics
chemobiosis
chemobiotic
chemobrain
chemocautery
chemoceptor (current term)
chemocline
chemoclines
chemocyanin
chemodectoma
chemodectomas
chemodectomata
chemodectomatosis
chemodifferentiation
chemodynamical
chemodynamics
chemodynesis
chemoembolization
chemoenzymatic
chemoenzymatically

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