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chemoreceptorial

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English

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Etymology

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From chemoreceptor +‎ -ial.

Adjective

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chemoreceptorial (comparative more chemoreceptorial, superlative most chemoreceptorial)

  1. Of or pertaining to chemoreceptors.
    • 1999 February, “Abstracts. Thirteenth Congress of the European Chemoreception Research Organisation.”, in Chemical senses[1], volume 24, number 1, Oxford University Press, →ISSN, The intrinsic nervous system of the CP/VEG complex (section 36), page 13:
      The nitrergic CP/VEG ganglion cells may mediate interactions between chemoreceptorial systems in the CP and secretory cells in the VEG.
    • 2004 july, Crescimanno, C., Merigo, F., Bernardi, P., Osculati, F., Sbarbati, A., “Neurochemistry of the Gustatory Subgemmal Plexus”, in Chemical Senses[2], volume 29, number 6, →ISSN, page 537:
      Several neuronal fibers were detected under the chemoreceptorial epithelium.
    • 2009 june, Merigo, Flavia1, Benati, Donatella1, Cecchini, Maria, Cristofoletti, Mirko, Osculati, Francesco, Sbarbati, Andrea, “Amylase expression in taste receptor cells of rat circumvallate papillae.”, in Cell & Tissue Research[3], volume 336, number 3, →ISSN, page 411:
      The data suggest that amylase-positive cells constitute an additional subset of taste receptor cells also associated with chemoreceptorial and/or secretory molecules, confirming the occurrence of various pathways in taste buds.