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Receptors:
Receptors:
Actual or hypothetical "...small, chemically defined areas (of a cell) which give (initiate) a biological response upon uniting with chemically complementary areas of natural or foreign molecules (drugs)". The receptor hypothesis is indispensable to pharmacologists in analyzing and interpreting the actions of some drugs; however, reasonable care should be exercised that "receptor" does not become a catch-all phrase used to explain all drug actions or the actions of all drugs.
Cf. Intrinsic Activity, Affinity, Antagonism
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