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receptor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun receptor has 2 senses
- receptor(n = noun.body) Array - a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response; Array is a kind of anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
- receptor(n = noun.body) sense organ, sensory receptor - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation; Array has particulars: lateral line, lateral line organ, enteroceptor, interoceptor, exteroceptor, pineal eye, third eye, baroreceptor, chemoreceptor, thermoreceptor, eye, oculus, optic, ear, organ of hearing, inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth, semicircular canal, stretch receptor
has particulars: alpha-adrenergic receptor, alpha-adrenoceptor, alpha receptor, beta-adrenergic receptor, beta-adrenoceptor, beta receptor
is a kind of organ
has parts: papilla
is a part of sensory system
Antonym: effector
Derived form verb receive3
OXFORD DICTIONARY
receptor, n. (often attrib.) Biol.
1 an organ able to respond to an external stimulus such as light, heat, or a drug, and transmit a signal to a sensory nerve.
2 a region of a cell, tissue, etc., that responds to a molecule or other substance.
1 an organ able to respond to an external stimulus such as light, heat, or a drug, and transmit a signal to a sensory nerve.
2 a region of a cell, tissue, etc., that responds to a molecule or other substance.
Etymology
OF receptour or L receptor (as RECEPTIVE)
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