Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chemoreception

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: chemore-cep-tion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the physiological sensory response of a sense organ to a chemical stimulus

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English reception English chemoreception From chemo- + reception.

Usage

Inflected Forms

chemoreceptions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

chemoreceptive chemoreceptivity chemosensor

Questions

What does chemoreception mean?: the physiological sensory response of a sense organ to a chemical stimulus
Where does chemoreception come from?: Etymology tree New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English reception English chemoreception From chemo- + reception.

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