-ceptor

English

Etymology

Abstracted from nociceptor and proprioceptor.

Suffix

-ceptor

  1. Forms names of specific neurological receptors.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ceptor
aceticoceptor
adrenoceptor
amboceptor
baroceptor
beneceptor
chemoceptor
cholinoceptor
electroceptor
exteroceptor
graviceptor
heteroceptor
interoceptor
mechanoceptor
neutroceptor
osmoceptor
photoceptor
pruriceptor
thermoceptor
transceptor
viroceptor
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