receptor

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receptor - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  receptor
      n 1: 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
      2: an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye
         or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation [syn:
         sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor] [ant:
         effector]