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exteroceptive
[ ek-ster-uh-sep-tiv ]
adjective
, Physiology.
- pertaining to exteroceptors, the stimuli acting upon them, or the nerve impulses initiated by them.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of exteroceptive1
1905–10; extero- (combining form of Latin exterus exterior ) + (re)ceptive
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