Understanding the meaning of receptor

receptor

/rɪ'sɛptoʊr/

noun
an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
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Similar:

sense organ sensory receptor

Opposite:

effector

type of:
organ

part of:
sensory system
noun
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
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type of:
complex body part anatomical structure body structure bodily structure structure

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