receptor

Meaning of receptor

noun
  1. 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.
  2. Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.

Information about receptor

Hyphenation of receptor

re-cep-tor

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • receptor is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Translation of receptor

Words that rhyme with receptor

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