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Answer for the clue "Sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure ", 12 letters:
osmoreceptor

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n. sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
An osmoreceptor is a sensory receptor primarily found in the hypothalamus of most homeothermic organisms that detects changes in osmotic pressure . Osmoreceptors can be found in several structures, including the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis ...

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n. A sensory receptor, primarily found in the hypothalamus of most homeothermic organisms, that detects changes in osmotic pressure