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How to pronounce receptor

IPA transcription: [ɹi'sɛptɚ]

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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

  • 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