Researchers Identify New Receptor Complex in Brain
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Receptor
//ɹɪˈsɛp.tə//
Synonyms for "receptor" (13 found)
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34 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُسْتَقْبِل noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 受體 /受体 noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 受體 /受体 noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
Czech
2 entries- přijímač noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- receptor noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
Finnish
2 entries- reseptori noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- reseptori noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
French
2 entries- récepteur noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- récepteur noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
German
3 entries- Rezeptor noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- Rezeptor noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
- Rezeptorzelle noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
Indonesian
2 entries- reseptor noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- reseptor noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
Irish
2 entries- gabhdóir noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- gabhdóir noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
Italian
2 entries- recettore noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- recettore noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
Kazakh
2 entries- рецептор noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
- қабылдағыш noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
Māori
1 entries- paerongo noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- wergir noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- xaneya wergir noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
Polish
2 entries- receptor noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- receptor noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
Portuguese
2 entries- receptor noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- receptor noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
Romanian
2 entries- receptor noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- receptor noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
Russian
1 entries- реце́птор noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
Spanish
2 entries- receptor noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- receptor noun (any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli)
Turkish
2 entries- almaç noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
- reseptör noun (a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli)
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The antibodies, however, block the receptor on the T cells that HIV uses to enter and destroy them.
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In the target organ, the drug is recognised by ‘receptors’. These are large molecules, usually proteins, to which the drug binds tightly and with a high degree of specificity.
Source: wiktionary
White blood cells of the immune system, the gut and the spleen also have another type of cannabinoid receptor, known as CB2.
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