receptor
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Etymology
From Middle English receptour, from Old French receptour or Latin receptōrius, from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I hold”).
Pronunciation
Noun
receptor (plural receptors)
- (obsolete) One who receives something or someone; in particular, one who harbors a fugitive.
- 1585, Fleetwood, in 1824, Henry Ellis, Original letters, illustrative of English history, page 297:
- […] fewe that were there did spend the same daie abowte the searchinge out of sundrye that were receptors of ffelons, where we fownd a greate manye aswell in London, Westminster, Sowthwarke, as in all other places abowte the same.
- 1609, William Barlow, Answer to a nameless Catholic's censure, page 13:
- The kind Receptors of the Fugitiues after the Detection.
- 1660, Virginia statue, The Statutes at Large, Virginia, published 1809, page 538:
- An act […] Against pyrats, their assistors or abettors, out-traidors or receptors, against breakers of the admirall's arrestments and attachments against goods forbidden,
- 1585, Fleetwood, in 1824, Henry Ellis, Original letters, illustrative of English history, page 297:
- (biochemistry, medicine) 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.
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 24:
- In the target organ, the drug is recognised by ‘receptors’. These are large molecules, usually proteins, to which the drug binds tightly and with a high degree of specificity.
- (biology) Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.
Hyponyms
- acetylcholine receptor
- adrenergic receptor
- aquareceptor
- beneceptor
- cannabinoid receptor
- chimeric antigen receptor
- co-receptor
- exteroceptor
- Fc receptor
- gasoreceptor
- glucocorticoid receptor
- hygroreceptor
- interoceptor
- J receptor
- juxtacapillary receptor
- mechanoreceptorial
- nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
- nociceptor
- opioid receptor
- orphan receptor
- photoreceptor
- proprioceptor
- purinergic receptor
- toll-like receptor
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli
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any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin receptōrius.
Adjective
receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptors, feminine plural receptores)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin receptōrem.
Noun
receptor m (plural receptors)
Related terms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
receptor m pers
- (biochemistry, medicine) sensory receptor (protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- (biology) receptor (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
- sensor (automatic warning device, sensitive to changes in certain physical quantities)
Declension
Declension of receptor
Derived terms
adjective
- receptorowy
noun
Further reading
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: re‧cep‧tor
Adjective
receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptores, feminine plural receptoras)
- Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of recetor.
Noun
receptor m (plural receptores, feminine receptora, feminine plural receptoras)
- Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of recetor.
Etymology
Adjective
receptor m or n (feminine singular receptoare, masculine plural receptori, feminine and neuter plural receptoare)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative | indefinite | receptor | receptoare | receptori | receptoare | |||
| definite | receptorul | receptoarea | receptorii | receptoarele | ||||
| genitive- dative | indefinite | receptor | receptoare | receptori | receptoare | |||
| definite | receptorului | receptoarei | receptorilor | receptoarelor | ||||
Noun
receptor n (plural receptoare)
Declension
Noun
receptor m (plural receptori)
Declension
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin receptorius.
Adjective
receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptores, feminine plural receptoras)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin receptorius.
Noun
receptor m (plural receptores)
Related terms
Further reading
- “receptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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