receptor
/ɹɪˈsɛp.tə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In the target organ, the drug is recognised by ‘receptors’. These are large molecules, usually proteins, to which the drug binds tightly and with a high degree of specificity."
- "White blood cells of the immune system, the gut and the spleen also have another type of cannabinoid receptor, known as CB2."
- "[…] fewe that were there did spend the same daie abowte the searchinge out of sundrye that were receptors of ffelons, where we fownd a greate manye aswell in London, Westminster, Sowthwarke, as in all other places abowte the same."
- "The kind Receptors of the Fugitiues after the Detection."
- "An act […] Against pyrats, their assistors or abettors, out-traidors or receptors, against breakers of the admirall's arrestments and attachments against goods forbidden,"
Etymology
From Middle English receptour, from Old French receptour or Latin receptōrius, from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to hold”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *keh₂p-, receptour, receptōrius
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɹɪˈsɛp.tə/