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receptor
- IPA[rɪˈsɛptə]
英式
- an organ or cell able to respond to light, heat, or other external stimulus and transmit a signal to a sensory nerve;a region of tissue, or a molecule in a cell membrane, which responds specifically to a particular neurotransmitter, hormone, antigen, or other substance
noun: receptor, plural noun: receptors
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an organ or cell able to respond to light, heat, or other external stimulus and transmit a signal to a sensory nerve the retina of the octopus has up to 20 million light receptors
- ▪ a region of tissue, or a molecule in a cell membrane, which responds specifically to a particular neurotransmitter, hormone, antigen, or other substance when viruses succeed in binding to cell membrane receptors they still have to enter the cell before they can replicate