Etymology

chemoreceptive

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Today it means: able to respond to a chemical stimulus Full definition →

English receptive ← Middle English receptive ← Medieval Latin receptivus
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The story

  1. New Latinchēmīa
  2. Englishchemo-
  3. Latinreceptus
  4. Medieval Latinreceptivus
  5. Middle Englishreceptive
  6. Englishreceptive
  7. English todaychemoreceptive

From chemo- + receptive.

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