chemoreceptive

9.1

Able to sense chemicals, like the nose does when it smells

adjective
/ˌkiːmoʊrɪˈsɛptɪv/

Specialized

: quimiorreceptivo

The research focused on how chemoreceptive cells in the nose respond to different odors in the environment.

Examples

Some species of fish have highly developed chemoreceptive systems that help them locate food in murky waters.
Insects rely on chemoreceptive mechanisms to find mates and detect predators from a distance.
It was a far less sophisticated animal, lacking the metabolic scope, visual and chemoreceptive abilities, and complex information processing that characterize both groups today.

Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

sensorial

vschemoreceptive

1 7.4

Describes things that relate to the senses, like sight or touch

focuses specifically on detecting chemical signals through specialized receptors

How Sensitive

hypersensitive

Specialized

3 6.6

chemoreceptive

Specialized

9.1

sensitive

195 2.7

insensitive

Specialized

4 4.5

unresponsive

29 4.7

Surface Forms

chemoreceptive positive

Morphology

chemoreceptive = receptive (transparent) = chemo + receptive

The combining form 'chemo-' meaning 'chemical' is added to the adjective 'receptive' to mean 'able to detect chemical stimuli', which is a straightforward morphological formation.

Etymology

Chemoreceptive combines chemo- ('chemical', as in chemistry) and receptive (from 'receive', meaning 'to get'), so it describes organs or cells that 'get' or detect chemical signals.