Definitions for receptor

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receptor re·cep·tor

Spelling: [ri-sep-ter]

IPA: /rɪˈsɛp tər/

Receptor is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 190 anagrams from letters in receptor (ceeoprrt).

Definitions for receptor

noun

1. Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
2. Cell Biology. any of various specific protein molecules in surface membranes of cells and organelles to which complementary molecules, as hormones, neurotransmitters, antigens, or antibodies, may become bound.
3. the panlike base of a stall shower.

Origin of receptor

1400-50; late Middle English receptour Old French Latin receptor. See reception, -tor

Examples for receptor

Another is that I haven't even started the transmitter and receptor units.

They left the noise behind and passed on to the approach control dome at the receptor end.

I want this fella to make a receptor test as soon as possible.

"It substituted for the receptor you smashed," said the attorney.

Better called a receptor to distinguish it from a telephone receiver.

In this respect it was like the receptor that had gotten him into trouble.

What did I do in the power station before I smashed the receptor?

Tuning the receptor circuits to the transmitter circuits are examples of sympathetic electric resonance.

This implies that the toxin molecule possesses a chemical group which can combine with a receptor of the cell.

Michael Blades was outside, overseeing the installation of a receptor, when his earplug buzzed.