receptor

noun

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

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

Roots

capiocept- · Latin · take, seize

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