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[rɪˈsɛptə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an organ or cell able to respond to light, heat, or other external stimulus and transmit a signal to a sensory nerve
(e.g: the retina of the octopus has up to 20 million light receptors)
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Origin
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early 20th century: coined in German from Latin receptor, from recept- ‘taken back’, from the verb recipere (see receive)
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