receptors
- plural of receptor.
Example Sentences
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Effective antipsychotic medications, they argued, were those that blocked these dopamine receptors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Inflammatory breast cancer is where cancer blocks lymph vessels which makes the breast red and swollen while triple negative breast cancer lacks hormones and HER2 receptors.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Medications that target dopamine receptors offer hope to many suffering from psychotic disorders, but there are serious limits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The researchers are now working to identify the cell-surface receptors that attach to BRP.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
There are polymers that will fit the receptors of one line of guinea pigs or mice but not others; there are responders and nonresponders.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
