DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
receptor
/rɪ'sɛptoʊr/ · rɪsɛptoʊr
Receptor has 3 syllables: re · cep · tor.
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noun. An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation.
noun. A cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response.
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