proprioceptor

1. 1.

   special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body

   Broadernerve ending

Other forms of proprioceptor

plural

proprioceptors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about proprioceptor

What does proprioceptor mean?

proprioceptor means "special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body".

How many syllables are in proprioceptor?

proprioceptor has 5 syllables: pro-pri-o-cep-tor. The stress falls on "o".

Is proprioceptor a common word?

proprioceptor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.