单词 | phonoreception |
释义 | phonoreceptionn. Biology. The perception of sound by a living organism; the production of nervous impulses in response to stimulation by sound or similar vibrations. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [noun] hearingc1230 audiencea1393 audition1656 autophony1871 phonoreception1940 1940 Biol. Rev. 15 108 The substitution of the term ‘phonoreception’ for hearing evades the real issue. 1960 Neurology 10 662/1 Photoreception and phonoreception provide the principal means of association between the individual and his external environment. 1968 D. W. Wood Princ. Animal Physiol. ix. 188 Phono-reception is really a specialized case of mechano-reception, and it is not always easy to distinguish between the two. 1992 Q. Rev. Biol. 67 378/1 Succeeding chapters discuss animal movements, bioluminescence..and mechanoreception and phonoreception. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1940 |
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