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pressoreceptor /pres·so·re·cep·tor/ (-re-sep´tor) baroreceptor.

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See baroreceptor.

pressoreceptor.

See baroreceptor.

baroreceptor [bar″o-re-sep´ter]

a sensory nerve terminal that is stimulated by changes in pressure, as those in blood vessel walls. Called also baroceptor and pressoreceptor.

pressoreceptor,

n a nerve ending that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure.

pressoreceptor

a receptor or nerve ending sensitive to stimuli of vasomotor activity.

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