different between thermoceptor vs thermoception

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thermoceptor (plural thermoceptors)

thermoception (uncountable)

(biology) The sense of heat and cold: the ability of humans, and many other organisms, to perceive temperature.
- 2006, Fernando Cervero, Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Series 3, Volume 81: Pain, page 251:
  […] a region which has been shown to be involved in a variety of interoceptive modalities like thermoception, visceral sensations, thirst and hunger.
- 2008, Georges Canguilhem, Paola Marrati, Todd Meyers, Knowledge of life, page 175:
  The frog, with its selective eye for instantly usable information; the pit viper, with its thermoception, which at night can sense the blood temperature of its prey; the common house fly, which equilibrates its flight with two cilia—these have supplied a new species of engineers with models.

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