receptor

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈsɛp.tə/

noun

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noun
A cell or organ that receives signals or sensations.
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noun
Extra detail
Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.

Examples

Researchers Identify New Receptor Complex in Brain
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At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

One who receives something or someone; in particular, one who harbors a fugitive.
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.

In context

White blood cells of the immune system, the gut and the spleen also have another type of cannabinoid receptor, known as CB2.
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.
The kind Receptors of the Fugitiues after the Detection.

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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.
2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 24
White blood cells of the immune system, the gut and the spleen also have another type of cannabinoid receptor, known as CB2.
2019 May 14, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, “Can CBD Really Do All That?”, in The New York Times Magazine
The kind Receptors of the Fugitiues after the Detection.
1609, William Barlow, Answer to a nameless Catholic's censure, page 13
An act […] Against pyrats, their assistors or abettors, out-traidors or receptors, against breakers of the admirall's arrestments and attachments against goods forbidden,
1660, Virginia statue, The Statutes at Large, Virginia, published 1809, page 538

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From Middle English receptour, from Old French receptour or Latin receptōrius, from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to hold”).