receptor
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English receptour, from Old French receptour or Latin receptōrius, from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I hold”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
receptor (plural receptors)
- (obsolete) One who receives something or someone; in particular, one who harbors a fugitive.
- 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, The Statutes at Large, Virginia, published 1809, 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,
- 1585, Fleetwood, in 1824, Henry Ellis, Original letters, illustrative of English history, page 297:
- (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, 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.
- (biology) Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.
Hyponyms edit
- acetylcholine receptor
- adrenergic receptor
- beneceptor
- cannabinoid receptor
- chimeric antigen receptor
- co-receptor
- exteroceptor
- Fc receptor
- glucocorticoid receptor
- hygroreceptor
- interoceptor
- J receptor
- juxtacapillary receptor
- mechanoreceptorial
- nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
- nociceptor
- opioid receptor
- orphan receptor
- photoreceptor
- proprioceptor
- purinergic receptor
- toll-like receptor
Derived terms edit
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Translations edit
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Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin receptōrius.
Adjective edit
receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptors, feminine plural receptores)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Latin receptōrem.
Noun edit
receptor m (plural receptors)
Related terms edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English receptor.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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)
- sensor (automatic warning device, sensitive to changes in certain physical quantities)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | receptor | receptorzy/receptory (deprecative) |
genitive | receptora | receptorów |
dative | receptorowi | receptorom |
accusative | receptora | receptorów |
instrumental | receptorem | receptorami |
locative | receptorze | receptorach |
vocative | receptorze | receptorzy |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: re‧cep‧tor
Adjective edit
receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptores, feminine plural receptoras)
- Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of recetor.
Noun edit
receptor m (plural receptores, feminine receptora, feminine plural receptoras)
- Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of recetor.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French récepteur.
Adjective edit
receptor m or n (feminine singular receptoare, masculine plural receptori, feminine and neuter plural receptoare)
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 edit
receptor n (plural receptoare)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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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 edit
receptor m (plural receptori)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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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 edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /reθebˈtoɾ/ [re.θeβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /resebˈtoɾ/ [re.seβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: re‧cep‧tor
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin receptorius.
Adjective edit
receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptores, feminine plural receptoras)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Latin receptorius.
Noun edit
receptor m (plural receptores)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “receptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014