Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sensory_receptor

1 sense of sensory receptor

Sense 1
sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor -- (an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)
       => organ -- (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)