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Definition of receptor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

receptor

noun
 
/rɪˈseptə(r)/
 
/rɪˈseptər/
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  1. a sense organ or nerve ending in the body that reacts to changes such as heat or cold and makes the body react in a particular wayTopics Biologyc2
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: coined in German from Latin receptor, from recept- ‘taken back’, from the verb recipere, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’.
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