: a sense organ (such as a taste bud) responding to chemical stimuli
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebAll these substances can stimulate what’s called the chemoreceptor trigger zone in your brainstem, which communicates with another brain region called the vomiting center. Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 15 June 2020 In fact, the vomiting in motion sickness is induced by the same area of the brain — the chemoreceptor trigger zone in the medulla — that causes vomiting in response to poisons.Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2018
Word History
Etymology
chemo- + receptor, after chemoreception
First Known Use
1906, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
chemoreceptor
noun
che·mo·re·cep·tor -ri-ˈsep-tər
variants also chemoceptor
ˈkē-mō-ˌsep-tər also ˈkem-ō-
: a sense organ (as a taste bud) responding to chemical stimuli