receptors
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- 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
- An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
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| 1 | records | 2 | 91 |
| 2 | reports | 2 | 84 |
| 3 | reception | 3 | 38 |
| 4 | rector | 2 | 33 |
| 5 | directors | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | sectors | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | receipts | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | vectors | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | reactor | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | reactors | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | receptionist | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | receipt | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | precepts | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | receptions | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | receptor | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | reexports | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | reactor's | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | interceptors | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | retorts | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | rectory | 3 | 0 |
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Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 56
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📰 This Word in the News:
Receptor-specific recognition of NPY peptides revealed by structures of NPY receptors
May 4, 2022 Science | AAAS
May 4, 2022 Science | AAAS
New discovery concerning receptors used by coronaviruses to enter human cells |
Oct 25, 2023 Institut Pasteur
Oct 25, 2023 Institut Pasteur
IGF-1 LR3 as an Informational Amplifier: Receptor-Grade Peptide Dynamics
May 14, 2026 news24online.com
May 14, 2026 news24online.com

