neutroceptor

Etymology

From neutro- + -ceptor.

neutroceptor means A sensory receptor that is stimulated by both pleasant and unpleasant stimuli. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

A sensory receptor that is stimulated by both pleasant and unpleasant stimuli.“He divides receptors into three classes— "nociceptors", such as the nerve-endings for pain and hunger, "beneceptors", such as the nerve-endings stimulated when sugar melts on the tongue, and "neutroceptors", such as the nerve-endings in the eye and ear, called " neutroceptors " because they receive more or less indiscriminately both pleasant and unpleasant messages.”