[rɪˈsɛptə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an organ or cell able to respond to light, heat, or other external stimulus and transmit a signal to a sensory nerve
(e.g: the retina of the octopus has up to 20 million light receptors)


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Origin:
early 20th century: coined in German from Latin receptor, from recept- ‘taken back’, from the verb recipere (see receive)