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receptor
 
Noun receptor has 2 senses
  1. 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 is a kind of     structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
    --1 has particulars:
     alpha receptor, alpha-adrenergic receptor, alpha-adrenoceptor; beta receptor, beta-adrenergic receptor, beta-adrenoceptor
  2. sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
    --2 is a kind of organ
    --2 is a part of sensory system
    --2 has parts: papilla
    Antonyms: effector
    --2 has particulars:
     lateral line, lateral line organ; interoceptor, enteroceptor; exteroceptor; third eye, pineal eye; baroreceptor; chemoreceptor; thermoreceptor; eye, oculus, optic; ear; organ of hearing; inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth; semicircular canal; stretch receptor
    Derived form: verb receive3
receptionists receptions receptive receptive receptive aphasia receptively receptiveness receptivity receptor receptor organ receptors recersioin recertified recertify recertifying recervoir recervoir performance

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