1Anatomy A specialized, encapsulated ending of a peripheral sensory nerve, which acts as a receptor for a stimulus.
〔剖〕（感觉神经的）终器
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This behavioral bias might result in part from a mismatch between the spectral characteristics of the advertisement call and the most sensitive frequency of the peripheral end organ implicated in reception of these sounds.
Allergic airway inflammation is characterized by recruitment and activation of inflammatory cells as well as by increased activities of mucosal end organs.
This is especially important in children whose metabolism of drugs and sensitivity of end organs to them vary considerably with age and stage of development.
These end organs differ in a variety of ways, including their frequency sensitivities.
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another term for target organ
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The rest is metabolized after uptake into the end organ.
Either of these receptors has an excitatory or inhibitory effect on the end organ.
The end organ effects of hypertension, particularly in the heart, brain and kidneys, can be devastating, leading to premature coronary, cerebral or renal arteriosclerosis.
Definition of end organ in US English:
end organ
noun
1Anatomy A specialized, encapsulated ending of a peripheral sensory nerve, which acts as a receptor for a stimulus.
〔剖〕（感觉神经的）终器
Example sentencesExamples
This behavioral bias might result in part from a mismatch between the spectral characteristics of the advertisement call and the most sensitive frequency of the peripheral end organ implicated in reception of these sounds.
This is especially important in children whose metabolism of drugs and sensitivity of end organs to them vary considerably with age and stage of development.
Allergic airway inflammation is characterized by recruitment and activation of inflammatory cells as well as by increased activities of mucosal end organs.
These end organs differ in a variety of ways, including their frequency sensitivities.
2
another term for target organ
Example sentencesExamples
Either of these receptors has an excitatory or inhibitory effect on the end organ.
The rest is metabolized after uptake into the end organ.
The end organ effects of hypertension, particularly in the heart, brain and kidneys, can be devastating, leading to premature coronary, cerebral or renal arteriosclerosis.