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Definition of: beneceptor

(benə·sep′tər) noun Physiol.
An element of the nervous system, as a receptor or sense organ, specialized in the transmission of pleasurable stimuli: opposed to nociceptor. [<NL <L bene well + -ceptor, as in RECEPTOR]

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