Word Type

Noun

The word "receptor" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

effector

Coordinate Terms

receiptor resetter

Derived Terms

adrenoreceptor angiotensin receptor blocker aporeceptor autoreceptor bioreceptor ceptor chemoreceptor continuous erythropoietin receptor activator coreceptor counterreceptor electroreceptor enteroreceptor exteroreceptor gasoreceptor glycoreceptor gravireceptor heteroreceptor holoreceptor hydroreceptor immunoreceptor interreceptor isoreceptor magnetoreceptor mechanoreceptor metaboreceptor minireceptor multireceptor nercept neuroreceptor neutroceptor nonreceptor osmoreceptor perireceptor phosphoreceptor postreceptor protoreceptor pseudoreceptor purinoceptor radioreceptor receptome receptomic receptomics receptoral receptorless receptorome sartan selective androgen receptor modulator thermohygroreceptor thermoreceptor xenoreceptor

Context

biochemistry biology medicine

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

anatomical structure bodily structure body structure complex body part organ structure

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Fc receptor J receptor acetylcholine receptor adrenergic receptor alpha-receptor aquareceptor beneceptor cannabinoid receptor chimeric antigen receptor co-receptor exteroceptor gasoreceptor glucocorticoid receptor granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor hygroreceptor interoceptor juxtacapillary receptor mechanoreceptorial nicotinic acetylcholine receptor nociceptor opioid receptor orphan receptor photoreceptor proprioceptor purinergic receptor toll-like receptor

Type Of (IsA)

structure

Related Terms

effector

Related Terms

absorbed cell control effector function molecule protein respond sensory stimuli structure wall

Synonym Network

sense organ

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