Definition of receptors Receptors

/ɹʌsɛˈptɚz/ - [rusepterz] -

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What does receptors mean?

Wiktionary

receptors (Noun)
Plural of receptor.

Part of speech

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receptors, noun, plural of receptor.

WordNet

Noun Plural: receptors
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
		anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
		alpha-adrenergic receptor, alpha-adrenoceptor, alpha receptor receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles)
receptor - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
		sense organ, sensory receptor
		effector an organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses
		organ wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
		sensory system the body's system of sense organs
		lateral line, lateral line organ sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water
		enteroceptor, interoceptor any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body
		exteroceptor any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body
		pineal eye, third eye a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles
		baroreceptor a sensory receptor that responds to pressure
		chemoreceptor a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli
		thermoreceptor a sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold
		oculus, optic, eye a small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldn't go through the eye"
		ear the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
		organ of hearing the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound
		inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
		semicircular canal one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium
		stretch receptor a receptor in a muscle that responds to stretching of the muscle tissue

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Wiktionary

receptor (Noun)
A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions.
receptor (Noun)
Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

receptor
A protein molecule, embedded in either the plasma membrane or cytoplasm of a cell, to which a mobile signaling (or "signal") molecule may attach.
receptor
A structure that recognizes a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism.