When the body is touched, receptors in the skin send messages to the brain causing the release of chemicals such as endorphins.
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Receptors
Synonyms for "receptors" (6 found)
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Noun(2 words)
antigen receptorbinding site
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Noun(1 words)
immune receptor
Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
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10 entriesB cell receptorFc receptorT cell receptorcell surface receptorgustatory receptorhormone receptormechanoreceptorneuroreceptorolfactory receptorphotoreceptor
Collocations
6 entriescell surface receptorhormone receptorneurotransmitter receptorolfactory receptorphotoreceptorreceptor tyrosine kinase
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Caffeine is a purinergic antagonist that competitively inhibits adenosine at the sites of P1 receptors.
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The brain has no pain receptors.
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Having fifty times as many olfactory neural receptors as human beings, dogs have a sense of small that is a hundred thousand times more acute.
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