Usually means: Sensors detecting body position, movement.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. proprioceptor: Merriam-Webster
  2. proprioceptor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. proprioceptor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. proprioceptor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. proprioceptor: Vocabulary.com
  6. proprioceptor: Wiktionary
  7. proprioceptor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. proprioceptor: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. proprioceptor: Dictionary.com
  10. Proprioceptor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. proprioceptor: Rhymezone
  12. proprioceptor: FreeDictionary.org
  13. proprioceptor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. proprioceptor: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. proprioceptor: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. proprioceptor: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  5. proprioceptor: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (proprioceptor)

noun:  (anatomy) A nerve ending that functions as a sensory receptor in muscles, tendons, joints and the inner ear; they respond to movement and position

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