receptor vs alpha receptor

receptor and alpha receptor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
receptor	Yes	No	No	No
alpha receptor	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alpha receptor is a hyponym of receptor; that is, alpha receptor is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than receptor:

receptor: a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response
alpha receptor: receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles)

Other hyponyms of receptor include alpha-adrenergic receptor, alpha-adrenoceptor, beta-adrenergic receptor, beta-adrenoceptor, beta receptor.

receptor (noun)	alpha receptor (noun)
an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation	receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles)
a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response

receptor vs alpha receptor

receptor and alpha receptor both are nouns.

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