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mechanoreceptive
adjective
biology specializeduk /ˌmek.ə.nəʊ.rɪˈsep.tɪv/ us /ˌmek.ə.noʊ.rɪˈsep.tɪv/
using or relating to mechanoreception(= the process in which nerve endings in the body react to physical changes, such as touch and pressure, by sending a message to the central nervous system):
The resolution of the robot's tactile sensors closely approximates human mechanoreceptive capabilities.
The treatment improved mechanoreceptive perception in the damaged alveolar nerve significantly.
They are unique among mechanoreceptive afferents in that they discharged preferentially to slowly moving stimuli.
Mechanoreceptive gastric vagal afferent fibres increase their firing rate in response to glutamate.
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