Receptor Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-sĕptər
An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sense-organ
  2. sensory-receptor
Antonyms:
  1. effector

Words Related to Receptor

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. CD40
  2. muscarinic
  3. purinergic
  4. N-methyl-D-aspartate
  5. integrin
  6. CD95
  7. CD28
  8. glutamate
  9. g-protein-coupled
  10. ryanodine
  11. gaba-a
  12. P2Y
  13. nmda

Receptor Sentence Examples

  • Some tumors have higher estrogen receptor levels than others.

  • An Fc receptor for human immunoglobulin G is located within the tegument of human cytomegalovirus.

  • Identification and expression of a murine cytomegalovirus early gene coding for an Fc receptor.

  • The main active constituent of cannabis - THC is one such CB1 receptor agonist.

  • The researchers studied the gene for the androgen receptor, which is located on the X-chromosome.

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