baroreceptor
noun
baro路re路cep路tor
| \ 藢ber-艒-ri-藞sep-t蓹r
, 藢ba-r艒-\
, 藢ba-r艒-\
variants:
or less commonly baroceptor \ 藞ber-艒-藢sep-t蓹r
, 藞ba-r艒- \
, 藞ba-r艒- \
Definition of baroreceptor
: a sensory nerve ending especially in the walls of large arteries (such as the carotid sinus) that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure
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baroreceptor
noun
baro路re路cep路tor
| \ 藢bar-艒-ri-藞sep-t蓹r
\
\
variants:
also baroceptor \ -艒-藞sep-
\
\
Medical Definition of baroreceptor
: a sensory nerve ending especially in the walls of large arteries (as the carotid sinus and arch of the aorta) that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure
— called also pressoreceptor