receptor
Definitions of receptor
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an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulationantonyms:effectoran organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulsestypes:blik, gezichtsorgaan, gluurder, kijker, kijkers, oculus, oog, pottekijker, pottenkijker, schenkkurk, voyeurthe organ of sightbinnenoor, doolhof, dwaaltuin, labyrinta complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibriumsmaakpapilan oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tonguefacetoogin insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an imagetype of:orgaana fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
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