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mechanostimulus

noun

Etymology

From mechano- + stimulus.

  1. borrowed from stimulus
  2. prefixed as mechanostimulus — “mechano + stimulus”

Definitions

  1. A mechanical stimulus.

    • Sensory fibers ranged in adaptation to the mechanostimulus as fast-adapting, slow-adapting, or on-off (i.e., promptly adapting), indicating the presence of three types of mechanoreceptors.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA