Definition of Receptors

1. Noun. (plural of receptor) ¹

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Definition of Receptors

1. receptor [n] - See also: receptor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Receptors

receptivenesses
receptivities
receptivity
receptoma
receptor
receptor aggregation
receptor agonist
receptor downregulation
receptor mediated endocytosis
receptor potential
receptor protein
receptor protein-tyrosine kinase
receptor site
receptor tyrosine kinase
receptories
receptors
receptory
receptosome
receptosomes
receptour
recepts
recertification
recertifications
recertified
recertifies
recertify
recertifying
recess
recess appointment
recess appointments

Literary usage of Receptors

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Maryland 20205 aim of this symposium is to sketch in the role of receptors in disease states, than attempting a comprehensive re- we shall present selected ..."

2. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"The ionotropic receptors can be subdivided into the N-methyl-D-aspar- tate ... The metabotropic receptors modulate the production of intracellular second ..."

3. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"The last group is derived from receptors in the deeper structures and appears ... The receptors do not appear to be as sensitive as those of the other types ..."

4. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"The refined receptors of the leading segments are " distance-receptors. ... The cerebrum is the ganglion of the "distance-receptors. ..."

5. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"The refined receptors of the leading segments are " distance-receptors." " Distance-receptors ... The cerebrum is the ganglion of the "distance-receptors. ..."

6. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"The refined receptors of the leading segments are " distance-receptors." "Distance-receptors ... The cerebrum is the ganglion of the "distance-receptors. ..."

7. The Elements of Scientific Psychology by Knight Dunlap (1922)
"Epithelial receptors. Not all receptors are nerve cells. The receptors for taste, the receptors for hearing, and the receptors in the vestibule and ..."

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