chemoreception

noun

che·​mo·​re·​cep·​tion ˌkē-mō-ri-ˈsep-shən 

: the physiological reception of chemical stimuli

chemoreceptive

ˌkē-mō-ri-ˈsep-tiv 

adjective

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from German Chemoreception (later Chemorezeption), from chemo- chemo- + Reception reception

Note: The term was introduced by the German physiologist Albrecht Bethe (1872-1954) in "Die Nervensytem von Carcinus Maenas. Ein anatomisch-physiologischer Versuch. I. Theil. I. Mittheilung," Archiv für mikroskopische Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte, 50. Band (1897), p. 521.

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

chemoreception

noun

che·​mo·​re·​cep·​tion -ri-ˈsep-shən 

: the physiological reception of chemical stimuli

chemoreceptive

-ˈsep-tiv 

adjective