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baroreceptive

adj

Etymology

From baro- + receptive.

  1. derived from *kap-<id:seize>✻ — “to hold; to seize”
  2. derived from receptus — “retaken, having been retaken; received, having been received”
  3. derived from receptivus — “capable of receiving something”
  4. inherited from receptive
  5. prefixed as baroreceptive — “baro + receptive”

Definitions

  1. Sensitive to changes in blood pressure.

    • There is also evidence that unstimulated baroreceptive sensitivity is related to pain thresholds [33 ].

The neighborhood

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