receptor | ||
1. | [ noun ] (zoology,physiology) 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 | |
Related terms: | structure beta-adrenergic_receptor alpha-adrenergic_receptor | |
2. | [ noun ] (zoology) an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation | |
Synonyms: | sense_organ sensory_receptor | |
Related terms: | effector organ eye ear baroreceptor stretch_receptor organ_of_hearing chemoreceptor semicircular_canal inner_ear thermoreceptor lateral_line enteroceptor exteroceptor third_eye sensory_system papilla | |
Similar spelling: |
receipt receptivity receptive reception recapture receptacle receptively receipts |