receptor
English
Etymology
From Middle English receptour, from Old French receptour or Latin receptor.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsɛp.tə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsɛp.tɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
receptor (plural receptors)
- (obsolete) One who receives something or someone; in particular, one who harbors a fugitive.
- Coordinate terms: receiptor, resetter
- 1585, Fleetwood, in 1824, Henry Ellis, Original letters, illustrative of English history, page 297:
- […] fewe that were there did spend the same daie abowte the searchinge out of sundrye that were receptors of ffelons, where we fownd a greate manye aswell in London, Westminster, Sowthwarke, as in all other places abowte the same.
- 1609, William Barlow, Answer to a nameless Catholic's censure, page 13:
- The kind Receptors of the Fugitiues after the Detection.
- 1660, Virginia statue, in 1809, Virginia, The Statutes at Large, page 538:
- An act […] Against pyrats, their assistors or abettors, out-traidors or receptors, against breakers of the admirall's arrestments and attachments against goods forbidden,
- (biochemistry, medicine) 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.
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001), page 24:
- 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 2001), page 24:
- (biology) Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.
Derived terms
- acetylcholine receptor
- counterreceptor
- mechanoreceptorial
- photoreceptor
- postreceptor
Related terms
- effector
Translations
a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli
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any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli
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Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /rə.səpˈto/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /re.sepˈtoɾ/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin receptorius.
Adjective
receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptors, feminine plural receptores)
- receptive
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin receptor.
Noun
receptor m (plural receptors)
- receptor
Related terms
- rebre
- recepció
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English receptor, from Old French receptour, from Latin receptor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛˈt͡sɛp.tɔr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛptɔr
- Syllabification: re‧cep‧tor
Noun
receptor m pers
- (biochemistry, medicine) sensory receptor (protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- (biology) receptor (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
Declension
Declension of receptor
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | receptor | receptorzy |
| genitive | receptora | receptorów |
| dative | receptorowi | receptorom |
| accusative | receptora | receptorów |
| instrumental | receptorem | receptorami |
| locative | receptorze | receptorach |
| vocative | receptorze | receptorzy |
Derived terms
adjective
- receptorowy
noun
- baroreceptor
Further reading
- receptor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- receptor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Adjective
receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptores, feminine plural receptoras)
- Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of recetor.
Noun
receptor m (plural receptores, feminine receptora, feminine plural receptoras)
- Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of recetor.
Romanian
Etymology
From French récepteur.
Adjective
receptor m or n (feminine singular receptoare, masculine plural receptori, feminine and neuter plural receptoare)
- receiving
Declension
Declension of receptor
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | receptor | receptoare | receptori | receptoare | ||
| definite | receptorul | receptoarea | receptorii | receptoarele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | receptor | receptoare | receptori | receptoare | ||
| definite | receptorului | receptoarei | receptorilor | receptoarelor | |||
Noun
receptor n (plural receptoare)
- receiver
Declension
Declension of receptor
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) receptor | receptorul | (niște) receptoare | receptoarele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) receptor | receptorului | (unor) receptoare | receptoarelor |
| vocative | receptorule | receptoarelor | ||
Noun
receptor m (plural receptori)
- (medicine) receptor
Declension
Declension of receptor
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) receptor | receptorul | (niște) receptori | receptorii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) receptor | receptorului | (unor) receptori | receptorilor |
| vocative | receptorule | receptorilor | ||
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /reθebˈtoɾ/ [re.θeβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /resebˈtoɾ/ [re.seβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: re‧cep‧tor
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin receptorius.
Adjective
receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptores, feminine plural receptoras)
- receiving
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin receptorius.
Noun
receptor m (plural receptores)
- receiver, receptor, recipient
- (baseball) catcher
Related terms
- recepción
- receptáculo
- receptar
- recibir
Further reading
- “receptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014