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ef·fec·tor

(ĭ-fĕk′tər)

1. A muscle, gland, or organ capable of responding to a stimulus, especially a nerve impulse.

2. A nerve ending that carries impulses to a muscle, gland, or organ and activates muscle contraction or glandular secretion.

3. Biochemistry A small molecule or protein that alters biochemical processes in a cell, as by decreasing or increasing the activity of an enzyme.

4. Computers A device used to produce a desired change in an object in response to input.

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effector

(ɪˈfɛktə) or

effecter

(Physiology) physiol a nerve ending that terminates in a muscle or gland and provides neural stimulation causing contraction or secretion

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ef•fec•tor

(ɪˈfɛk tər)

n.

1. Also, effecter. a person or thing that effects something.

a. an organ, cell, etc., that reacts to a nerve impulse, as a muscle by contracting or a gland by secreting.

b. the part of a nerve that conveys such an impulse.

[1595–1605; < Latin]

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Noun	1.	effector - one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose effecter individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	effector - a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion nerve fiber, nerve fibre - a threadlike extension of a nerve cell endplate, end-plate, motor end plate - the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle
	3.	effector - an organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

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effecteur

ef·fec·tor

n. efector, terminación nerviosa que produce un efecto eferente en una glándula de secreción o en una célula muscular.

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