Relating to the exteroceptors; denoting the surface of the body containing the end organs adapted to receive impressions or stimuli from without. [L. exterus, outside, + capio, to take]
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ex·tero·cep·tive .ek-stə-rō-'sep-tiv adj activated by, relating to, or being stimuli received by an organism from outside <\exteroceptive feedback>
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ex·tero·cep·tive (ek″stər-o-sepґtiv) 1. 2. pertaining to exteroceptors. pertaining to exteroception.Medical dictionary. 2011.