Receptors

Word RECEPTORS
Character 9
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Definitions and meanings of "Receptors"

What do we mean by receptors?

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.

Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.

A woman who is a little bit too fond of giving oral sex. Urban Dictionary

The fishy orafice found between the legs of slag. Urban Dictionary

Insulting term used to describe a medic "lad" upon completion of an unmanly act. Urban Dictionary

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The word "receptors" in example sentences

The chemical "fit" of the molecules and the brain receptors is complex and highly specified. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The chemical 'fit' of the molecules and the brain receptors is complex and highly specified. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Maybe from a study like this they will find the location for the pain receptors for her arthritis spots, and she won't have any pain! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Everything works like it did before, except one of the receptors is now variable, producing a population of immune cells with different receptors. ❋ Unknown (2010)

IBS is caused by a polymorphism of the serotonin receptors lining the digestive tract, causing digestive dysfunction based on mood. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Neuroscientists would frame it in terms of mu-opioid receptors, which is to say, the brain's bliss triggers. ❋ Dan Neil (2012)

Fruit flies 'ability to discern one sex from another may depend on the number of receptors on the surface of nerve cells, and the number of receptors is controlled by levels of a ubiquitous brain chemical, University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have found. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A zip, and my muscles lock and my pain receptors shut down. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It became a tug-of-war between my pain receptors and my propriceptors. ❋ Unknown (2005)

After reading the link, you'll notice that researchers found a connection between behavior and the distribution of brain receptors that bind to the hormone vasopressin. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Voles with longer pieces of "junk DNA" had more vasopressin receptors in brain areas involved in social behavior and parenting. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Here the information from several types of odorant receptors is combined into a pattern characteristic for each odour. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It’s painful and unpleasant to touch a hot stove, too, but I hear those rare individuals born without pain receptors are typically terribly scarred at very young ages. ❋ Unknown (2007)

To keep out unwanted molecules, Hinds placed chemical receptors at the entrances to each tube, so that only those proteins that match the receptors are allowed passage. — ❋ Unknown (2007)

These chemical neurotransmitters then attach to the proteins called receptors on the surface of the neuron that is located just across the synaptic cleft, opening a pore and allowing the electrically charged atoms called ions to flow into the neuron. ❋ Rosenfield, Israel (2008)

Since both types of estrogen compete for docking stations (called receptors) in breast cells, maybe CEE displaces enough estradiol that the overall effect of estrogen is diluted. ❋ Unknown (2007)

[Stephanie] is a seminal receptor ❋ LaDeena (2006)

Yeahh, whack that [spam javelin] into my [swelling] [fuck receptor]. ❋ Peezno (2004)

Rick: "Ocean tonight, [Tris]?" Tris: "No thanks mate, I'm doing my hair, eating a salad then taking my girlfriend out to see a [romantic comedy]." Nick: "You're an absolute [man receptor antagonist], mate." ❋ Meat Feast And Hair On Fire (2009)

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