(obsolete) That which is received. / (historical, pharmacy, pharmacology) A book of pharmacological recipes, incantations or charms.

(immunology) Any of a class of proteins that are single, membrane-spanning, non-catalytic receptors that identify structurally preserved molecules acquired from microbes.

(physiology) A receptor that has a similar structure to other identified receptors but whose endogenous ligand has not yet been identified

Relating to receptors.

plural of adrenergic receptor

plural of orphan receptor

plural of cannabinoid receptor

plural of glucocorticoid receptor

plural of toll-like receptor

(biochemistry) a protein found on the surface of certain immune and blood cells that binds to antibodies attached to infected cells or invading pathogens, enabling antibody-mediated phagocytosis or antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC)