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receptoral

receptoral adjective: relating to receptors.

Adjective

receptoral (not comparable)

  1. Relating to receptors.
    • The foregoing comparative discussion of colour space has been confined to the receptoral level, and so two important qualifications are in order.2003, Evan Thompson, Colour Vision

Origin of receptoral

From receptor + -al.

Words formed from receptoral

Questions about receptoral

What does receptoral mean?
Receptoral means relating to receptors.
What part of speech is receptoral?
Receptoral is an adjective.

Words near receptoral in the dictionary

  1. receptome
  2. receptomes
  3. receptomic
  4. receptomics
  5. receptor
  6. receptoral
  7. receptorarchitectonic
  8. receptorial
  9. receptories
  10. receptorless
  11. receptorome

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