Usually means: Protein that binds specific molecules.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. receptor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. receptor: Collins English Dictionary
  3. receptor: Vocabulary.com
  4. Receptor, receptor: Wordnik
  5. receptor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Receptor (free nerve ending): InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  7. receptor: Wiktionary
  8. receptor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. receptor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. receptor: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. receptor: Dictionary.com
  12. Receptor (biochemistry), Receptor (biology), Receptor (disambiguation), Receptor (proteomics), Receptor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. receptor: Rhymezone
  14. receptor: FreeDictionary.org
  15. receptor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. receptor: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. receptor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  18. receptor: Merriam-Webster
  19. receptor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. receptor: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. receptor: Encyclopedia

Medicine (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. receptor: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Receptor: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Receptor(s): Merck Manuals
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  8. Receptor: Glossary of Terms Used in Medicinal Chemistry
  9. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  10. receptor: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  11. Allergy Glossary (No longer online)
  12. GI Disorders (No longer online)
  13. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  14. receptor: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  15. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  16. Receptor (biochemistry), Receptor (sensory system), receptor: Medical dictionary
  17. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  18. Receptor: Drug Medical Dictionary
  19. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. Receptor: Medicinal Chemistry

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (obsolete) One who receives something or someone; in particular, one who harbors a fugitive.
noun:  (biochemistry, medicine) A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions.
noun:  (biology) Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.

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