tangoreceptorn.
/ˈtaŋɡəʊrɪˌsɛptə/ Zoology.
A sensory receptor which responds to touch or pressure.
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1906 C. S. Sherrington Integrative Action Nerv. Syst. ix. 335 The sessile creature retains..only some gustatory (?) receptors round the mouth, and some tangoreceptors..in the tegument.
1937 L. V. Heilbrunn Outl. Gen. Physiol. xl. 506 In man and mammals, in addition to ordinary free nerve endings, special types of tangoreceptors are found in the skin and in the viscera.
1980 L. H. Chappell Physiol. Parasites ix. 165 The sensory papillae of cercariae are thought to be tangoreceptors.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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