receptor
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English receptour, from Old French receptour or Latin receptor.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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, 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,
- 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 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.
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CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Latin receptorius.
AdjectiveEdit
receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptors, feminine plural receptores)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
receptor m (plural receptors)
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PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English receptor, from Old French receptour, from Latin receptor.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | receptor | receptorzy |
genitive | receptora | receptorów |
dative | receptorowi | receptorom |
accusative | receptora | receptorów |
instrumental | receptorem | receptorami |
locative | receptorze | receptorach |
vocative | receptorze | receptorzy |
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PortugueseEdit
AdjectiveEdit
receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptores, feminine plural receptoras)
- Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of recetor.
NounEdit
receptor m (plural receptores, feminine receptora, feminine plural receptoras)
- Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of recetor.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
receptor m or n (feminine singular receptoare, masculine plural receptori, feminine and neuter plural receptoare)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
NounEdit
receptor n (plural receptoare)
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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 |
NounEdit
receptor m (plural receptori)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /reθebˈtoɾ/ [re.θeβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /resebˈtoɾ/ [re.seβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: re‧cep‧tor
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Latin receptorius.
AdjectiveEdit
receptor (feminine receptora, masculine plural receptores, feminine plural receptoras)
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Latin receptorius.
NounEdit
receptor m (plural receptores)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “receptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014