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Meaning of "chemoreceptor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHEMORECEPTOR

chemoreceptor  [ˌkɛməʊrɪˈsɛptə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHEMORECEPTOR

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preposition
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determiner
exclamation
Chemoreceptor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHEMORECEPTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chemoreceptor

A chemoreceptor, also known as chemosensor, is a sensory receptor that transduces a chemical signal into an action potential. In more general terms, a chemosensor detects certain chemical stimuli in the environment.

Definition of chemoreceptor in the English dictionary

The definition of chemoreceptor in the dictionary is a sensory receptor in a biological cell membrane to which an external molecule binds to generate a smell or taste sensation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHEMORECEPTOR


accepter
əkˈsɛptə
acceptor
əkˈsɛptə
amboceptor
ˈæmbəʊˌsɛptə
baroceptor
ˈbærəʊˌsɛptə
baroreceptor
ˈbærəʊrɪˌsɛptə
electroreceptor
ɪˈlɛktrəʊrɪˌsɛptə
exteroceptor
ˈɛkstərəʊˌsɛptə
intercepter
ˌɪntəˈsɛptə
interceptor
ˌɪntəˈsɛptə
interoceptor
ˌɪntərəʊˈsɛptə
mechanoreceptor
ˌmɛkənəʊrɪˈsɛptə
nociceptor
ˈnəʊsɪˌsɛptə
photoreceptor
ˌfəʊtəʊrɪˈsɛptə
preceptor
prɪˈsɛptə
proprioceptor
ˌprəʊprɪəˈsɛptə
receptor
rɪˈsɛptə
scepter
ˈsɛptə
sceptre
ˈsɛptə
septa
ˈsɛptə
thermoreceptor
ˌθɜːməʊrɪˈsɛptə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHEMORECEPTOR

chemokine
chemokinesis
chemolithotroph
chemonasty
chemoprevention
chemoprophylactic
chemoprophylaxis
chemopsychiatry
chemoreception
chemoreceptive
chemosmosis
chemosmotic
chemosorb
chemosphere
chemospheric
chemostat
chemosurgery
chemosurgical
chemosynthesis
chemosynthetic

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHEMORECEPTOR

adaptor
captor
caveat emptor
chemoceptor
corruptor
descriptor
disruptor
exceptor
inceptor
interruptor
ionotropic receptor
lithontriptor
metabotropic receptor
oviraptor
raptor
recaptor
rheoreceptor
sculptor
susceptor
velociraptor

Synonyms and antonyms of chemoreceptor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chemoreceptor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHEMORECEPTOR

Find out the translation of chemoreceptor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chemoreceptor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chemoreceptor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

化学感受器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

quimiorreceptores
570 millions of speakers

English

chemoreceptor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

chemoreceptor
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مستقبلة كيميائية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хеморецептор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chemoreceptor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

chemoreceptor
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chemoreceptor
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chemoreceptor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chemorezeptor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

化学受容器
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화학 수용체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chemoreceptor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chemoreceptor
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேதிய உணர்வி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चेमोरेस्पेप्टर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

chemoreceptor
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chemoreceptor
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chemoreceptor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хеморецепторами
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chemoreceptor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

chemoreceptor
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

chemoreseptor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chemoreceptor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chemoreceptor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chemoreceptor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEMORECEPTOR»

The term «chemoreceptor» is regularly used and occupies the 86.735 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEMORECEPTOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chemoreceptor

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHEMORECEPTOR»

Discover the use of chemoreceptor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chemoreceptor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Textbook of Small Animal Surgery
Most pharmacological approaches to antiemetic therapy are based on neurotransmitter-receptor interactions at the chemoreceptor trigger zone, emphasizing the humoral pathway of emesis.25- l77 Although many antiemetic agents are based ...
Douglas H. Slatter, 2003
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Chemoreceptor Cells—Advances in Research and Application: ...
Chemoreceptor Cells—Advances in Research and Application: 2012 Edition is a ScholarlyPaper™ that delivers timely, authoritative, and intensively focused information about Chemoreceptor Cells in a compact format.
‎2012
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Pulmonary Biology in Health and Disease
The sensory nerve endings that synapse with chemoreceptor cells are variable in form and size, and contain clear-core and dense-core vesicles. These synapses are ultrastructurally of two types: most have the direction of cells to sensory ...
Edward E. Bittar, 2002
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Principles of Pulmonary Medicine
central chemoreceptor is clearly separate from the medullary respiratory center and should not be confused with it. The central chemoreceptor does not appear to respond directly to blood Pco2 but rather to the pH of the extracellular fluid ...
Steven E. Weinberger, Barbara A. Cockrill, Jess Mandel, 2008
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Nucleus of the Solitary Tract
Figure 3 Blockade of excitatory amino acid receptors in the chemoreceptor projection site abolished the responses to the carotid body chemoreceptor stimulation. The chemoreceptor projection site was identified by microinjections of glutamate ...
I. Robin A. Barraco, 1993
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Pediatric Thoracic Surgery
The ventilatory response to both low oxygen and high carbon dioxide was essentially random, without any evidence of progressive ventilatory stimulation, suggesting that children with CCAHS have absent chemoreceptor responses to both ...
D.H. Parikh, David Crabbe, Alex Auldist, 2009
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Oxygen Sensing: Responses and Adaption to Hypoxia
(44) showing that knockout mice for gp91phox exhibit normal chemoreceptor responses to hypoxia evaluated either at the chemoreceptor cell or at the ventilation level. These findings are in line with the conclusions reached in the previous ...
Sukhamay Lahiri, Gregg Semenza, Nanduri R. Prabhakar, 2003
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Nasal Solitary Chemoreceptor Cells: Cell Turnover, Nerve ...
Nasal trigeminal chemosensitivity in mice and rats is mediated in part by epithelial solitary chemoreceptor cells (SCCs) (Finger et al., 2003).
Brian D. Gulbransen, 2007
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Arterial Chemoreceptors: Arterial Chemoreceptors
Y. Okada, S. Kuwana, Z. Chen, M. Ishiguro and Y. Oku Abstract We review previous reports on the localization of the central chemoreceptor focusing on our studies that used various experimental techniques including lesioning (brainstem  ...
International Society of Arterial Chemoreception. Meeting, Constancio Gonzalez, Colin A. Nurse, 2009
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Cardio-Respiratory Control in Vertebrates: Comparative and ...
The carotid body, found, in mammals, at relatively discrete sites at the rostral end of the common carotid artery and close to the branch of the internal and external carotid artery, was the first peripheral chemoreceptor to be identified ...
Mogens L. Glass, Stephen C. Wood, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHEMORECEPTOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chemoreceptor is used in the context of the following news items.
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UBC research at base of Mt. Everest shows impacts of high altitudes …
Chemoreceptor responsiveness at sea level does not predict the pulmonary pressure response to high altitude · Indomethacin-induced ... «University of British Columbia, Apr 15»
2
Do humans have more than five senses?
... I don't advise the last past as it lead to vomiting, which comes as a result of yet another sense called the chemoreceptor trigger zone. «Geek Snack, Jan 15»
3
Research Gone Wild: Man or Worm?
—"Sex, Age, and Hunger Regulate Behavior Prioritization Through Dynamic Modulation of Chemoreceptor Expression," Deborah A. Ryan, ... «Pacific Standard, Jan 15»
4
Diclegis: Drug Makes 30-Year Comeback
It acts on the chemoreceptor trigger zone to reduce nausea. Adverse Events. The most common side effect is drowsiness (occurring in 14% of ... «MedPage Today, Dec 14»
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'Sex over Food the Clear Choice for Some Males,' Says Study
Their study (“Sex, Age, and Hunger Regulate Behavioral Prioritization through Dynamic Modulation of Chemoreceptor Expression”), which ... «Reason, Oct 14»
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Sex over Food the Clear Choice for Some Males
Their study (“Sex, Age, and Hunger Regulate Behavioral Prioritization through Dynamic Modulation of Chemoreceptor Expression”), which ... «Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Oct 14»
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House Fly Genome Deciphered in Hunt for Pest, Pathogen Control …
Consistent with their role as scent-based waste scavengers, the house flies had higher-than-usual representation by chemoreceptor and odorant-related genes ... «GenomeWeb, Oct 14»
8
In Proof-of-Concept Study, Galleon Pharmaceuticals GAL-021 …
GAL-021 is the first of a new class of chemoreceptor modulator compounds and is believed to work through a specific type of potassium ... «Sleep Review, Sep 14»
9
Management of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV)
Chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ) The CTZ is a collection of nerve cells at the base of the brain. It is exposed to the body's blood flow, and ... «Oncology Nurse Advisor, Aug 14»
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FDA Approves ALOXI® (palonosetron HCl) to Prevent Nausea and …
5-HT3 receptors are located on the nerve terminals of the vagus in the periphery and centrally in the chemoreceptor trigger zone of the area ... «PR Newswire, May 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Chemoreceptor [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chemoreceptor>. Apr 2024 ».
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