receptor - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

Synonyms

• receptor
• sense organ
• sensory receptor

More generic

• organ

Opposite / Antonyms

• effector

More specific

• baroreceptor
• chemoreceptor
• ear
• enteroceptor
• exteroceptor
• eye
• inner ear
• internal ear
• interoceptor
• labyrinth
• lateral line
• lateral line organ
• oculus
• optic
• organ of hearing
• pineal eye
• semicircular canal
• stretch receptor
• thermoreceptor
• third eye

Related

• papilla

Related

• sensory system

Noun

a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response

Synonyms

• receptor

More generic

• anatomical structure
• bodily structure
• body structure
• complex body part
• structure

More specific

• alpha receptor
• alpha-adrenergic receptor
• alpha-adrenoceptor
• beta receptor
• beta-adrenergic receptor
• beta-adrenoceptor

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