receptor

Other forms of receptor

plural

receptors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about receptor

What does receptor mean?

receptor means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in receptor?

receptor has 3 syllables: re-cep-tor. The stress falls on "cep". In IPA it is /ɹiˈsɛptɚ/.

What is another word for receptor?

Close synonyms include sense organ, sensory receptor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of receptor?

The recorded antonyms are effector.

Is receptor a common word?

receptor is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with receptor?

2 words rhyme with receptor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.