mechanoreceptionn.
/ˌmɛkənəʊrᵻˈsɛpʃn/, /ˌmɛkn̩əʊrᵻˈsɛpʃn/, U.S. /ˌmɛkənoʊrəˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/, /ˌmɛkənoʊriˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/ Physiology.
The detection of a mechanical stimulus by means of mechanoreceptors; the process by which a mechanical stimulus is converted by a mechanoreceptor into a nervous impulse.
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reflection1836
irradiation1847
conduction1855
diffusion1859
projection1872
conductivity1881
fusion1892
facilitation1894
reciprocal innervation1896
chemoreception1901
photoreception1902
neurotropism1905
proprioception1906
cheirokinaesthesia1913
schema1920
recruitment1923
conductance1926
volley1928
rectification1941
supersensitivity1949
mechanoreception1958
neurotransmission1961
electroreception1963
phototransduction1972
somatotopy1976
1958 Science 14 Feb. 341/2 It would appear..that the peripheral zone, which amounts to about 99 percent of the corpuscle's entire structure, is not required for mechanoreception.
1968 R. T. Verrillo in D. R. Kenshalo Skin Senses vii. 139 (heading) A duplex mechanism of mechanoreception.
1974 V. B. Mountcastle et al. Med. Physiol. (ed. 13) I. x. 307/2 This anterolateral system serves a general form of mechanoreception and the senses of pain and temperature.
1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) xix. 1102 All these sensory functions of the ear depend on mechanoreception.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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