Where does “mechanoreceptor” come from?
mechanoreceptor (English) comes from English receptor, from Old French receptour, from Latin receptorius, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
mechanoreceptor (English): any receptor that provides an organism with...
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- any receptor that provides an organism with...
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