化か学がく受じゅ容よう器き

noun

chemoreceptor

Physiology term for a sensory receptor that detects chemical stimuli, such as those involved in taste and smell.

• 化か学がく受じゅ容よう器きは、味あじや匂においの分ぶん子しを感かん知ちする。

  Chemoreceptors detect molecules of taste and smell.