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end organ

Definition of end organ

noun

1 Anatomy a specialized, encapsulated ending of a peripheral sensory nerve, which acts as a receptor for a stimulus.

2another term for target organ.

end organ in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of end organ in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

end man
end of story
end of story
end on
end one's days or life
end organ
end plate
end point
end product
end result
end run

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leporine

/ ˈlɛpərʌɪn

adjective

of or resembling a hare or hares …

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