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chemoreceptor
che·mo·re·cep·tor [ kmō ri séptər ] (plural che·mo·re·cep·tors)


noun 
Definition:
 
organ responsive to chemical stimulus: a sense organ that responds to a chemical stimulus, e.g. a taste bud
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