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autoreceptors

autoreceptors is the plural of autoreceptor.

Meaning of autoreceptor

Noun

autoreceptor (plural autoreceptors)

  1. A receptor, situated in the terminal of a presynaptic nerve cell, that is sensitive to neurotransmitters released by the neuron in whose membrane the autoreceptor sits.

Questions about autoreceptors

What is autoreceptors the plural of?
Autoreceptors is the plural of autoreceptor.

Words near autoreceptors in the dictionary

  1. autoreceive
  2. autoreception
  3. autoreceptions
  4. autoreceptive
  5. autoreceptor
  6. autoreceptors
  7. autorecloser
  8. autoreclosers
  9. autorecognition
  10. autorecommend
  11. autorecommended

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