English
Detailed Synonyms for receptor in English
receptor:
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the receptor
– an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation 1the sense organ; the receptor; the sensory receptor– an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation 1 -
the receptor
– 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 1