interoceptor

interoceptor
/in'teuh roh sep"teuhr/, n. Physiol.
a receptor, esp. of the viscera, responding to stimuli originating from within the body.
[1905-10; INTER(IOR) + -O- + (RE)CEPTOR; cf. EXTEROCEPTOR]

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