end organ
noun Cell Biology.
one of several specialized structures at the peripheral end of sensory or motor nerve fibers.
Origin of end organ
First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby end organ
Example sentences from the Web for end organ
This method is an end-organ anesthesia, and the solutions employed are strong and act because of their drug content.
Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry |Maximilian SternIt would sound more accurate if one could say "demanding some end-organ different from those which we know that we possess."
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death |Frederick W. H. Myers
British Dictionary definitions for end organ
end organ
noun
anatomy
the expanded end of a peripheral motor or sensory nerve
Medical definitions for end organ
end organ
n.
The encapsulated termination of a sensory nerve.