Beneceptor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Beneceptor is a noun meaning (anatomy) A sensory receptor that sends pleasurable or beneficial signals.
Meaning
(anatomy) A sensory receptor that sends pleasurable or beneficial signals.
Example Sentences
The “beneceptors,” “nociceptors,” and "neutroceptors” generally signalled stimuli that were, respectively, beneficial, harmful, or neutral as regards the organism or its species.
He divides receptors into three classes— "nociceptors", such as the nerve-endings for pain and hunger, "beneceptors", such as the nerve-endings stimulated when sugar melts on the tongue, and "neutroceptors", such as the nerve-endings in the eye and ear, called " neutroceptors " because they receive more or less indiscriminately both pleasant and unpleasant messages.
Word Forms
- beneceptors
Antonyms for beneceptor
Common opposites include nociceptor.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include neutroceptor, nociceptor, proprioreceptor, effector, pruriceptor, acceptor.
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