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There are 10 words ending with RECEPTOR
| RECEPTOR | • receptor n. (Obsolete) One who receives something or someone; in particular, one who harbors a fugitive. • receptor n. (Biochemistry, medicine) A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can… • receptor n. (Biology) Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli. |
| PRECEPTOR | • preceptor n. A teacher or tutor. • preceptor n. (Historical) The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar. • preceptor n. (Medicine, chiefly US) A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc. |
| BARORECEPTOR | • baroreceptor n. (Anatomy) A nerve ending that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure. • BARORECEPTOR n. a sensory nerve ending, esp. in the walls of large arteries, that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure. |
| NOCIRECEPTOR | • NOCIRECEPTOR n. a receptor sensitive to pain, also NOCICEPTOR. |
| RHEORECEPTOR | • RHEORECEPTOR n. a receptor in fish and some amphibians that responds to water currents. |
| CHEMORECEPTOR | • chemoreceptor n. A sense organ, or one of its cells (such as those for the sense of taste or smell), that can respond… • CHEMORECEPTOR n. a sense organ (as a taste bud) responding to chemical stimuli. |
| PHOTORECEPTOR | • photoreceptor n. (Biology) A specialized neuron or other structure able to detect and react to light. • PHOTORECEPTOR n. a receptor for light stimuli. |
| THERMORECEPTOR | • thermoreceptor n. (Biology) A nerve cell that is sensitive to changes in temperature. • THERMORECEPTOR n. a sensory end organ that is stimulated by heat or cold. |
| ELECTRORECEPTOR | • electroreceptor n. A cell or organ responsible for electroreception. • ELECTRORECEPTOR n. an organ, present in some fishes, that detects electrical discharges. |
| MECHANORECEPTOR | • mechanoreceptor n. (Biology) any receptor that provides an organism with information about mechanical changes in its environment… • MECHANORECEPTOR n. a neural end organ (as a tactile receptor) that responds to a mechanical stimulus (as a change in pressure). |
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- English Wiktionary: 61 words
- Scrabble in French: no word
- Scrabble in Spanish: 3 words
- Scrabble in Italian: no word
- Scrabble in German: no word
- Scrabble in Romanian: 11 words
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