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Yangtze oedema (medicine) and receptor (iou)


Yangtze oedema (medicine)


Yangtze oedema -->
gnathostomiasis
<dermatology, microbiology> A migrating oedema, or creeping eruption, caused by cutaneous infection by larvae of Gnathostoma spinigerum.

Synonym: Yangtze oedema.


receptor (iou)



receptor noun. LME.
[Old French receptour, -eur or Latin receptor, from recept-: see RECEPTACLE, -OR.]
= RECEIVER 3. LME-M17.
The receiver of a telephone. Only in L19.
a. Immunology. The region of an antibody molecule which shows specific recognition of an antigen. E20.
b. Biology. Any organ or structure which on receiving stimuli of a certain kind from its environment generates nerve impulses that convey information about that aspect of the environment. E20.
c. Physiology. A region in a tissue or molecule in a cell (esp. in a membrane) which specifically recognizes and responds to a neurotransmitter, hormone, or Other substance. E20.