English noun: sense organ |
1. | sense organ (body) an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation |
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| Synonyms | receptor, sensory receptor |
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| Broader (hypernym) | organ |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | baroreceptor, chemoreceptor, ear, enteroceptor, exteroceptor, eye, inner ear, internal ear, interoceptor, labyrinth, lateral line, lateral line organ, oculus, optic, organ of hearing, pineal eye, semicircular canal, stretch receptor, thermoreceptor, third eye |
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| Part holonym | papilla |
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| Part meronym | sensory system |
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| Antonyms | effector |
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