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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
   - sense organ, sensory receptor

Derived forms: receptors

See also: receive

Type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, organ, structure

Antonym: effector

Part of: sensory system

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