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heteroceptor

heteroceptor is the alternative form of heteroreceptor.

Meaning of heteroreceptor

Noun

heteroreceptor (plural heteroreceptors)

  1. A receptor regulating the synthesis and/or release of mediators other than its own ligand.

Forms of heteroceptor

pluralheteroceptors

Origin of heteroceptor

From hetero- + -ceptor.

Questions about heteroceptor

What is heteroceptor the alternative form of?
Heteroceptor is the alternative form of heteroreceptor.

Words near heteroceptor in the dictionary

  1. heterocentrisms
  2. heterocentrist
  3. heterocephalous
  4. heterocephalus
  5. heterocephaly
  6. heteroceptor
  7. heteroceptors
  8. heterocerc
  9. heterocercal
  10. heterocercality
  11. heterocercs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heteroceptor (page history and authors); heteroreceptor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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