ef·fec·tor

(ĭ-fĕk′tər)

1. A muscle, gland, or organ capable of responding to a stimulus, especially a nerve impulse.

2. A nerve ending that carries impulses to a muscle, gland, or organ and activates muscle contraction or glandular secretion.

3. Biochemistry A small molecule or protein that alters biochemical processes in a cell, as by decreasing or increasing the activity of an enzyme.

4. Computers A device used to produce a desired change in an object in response to input.

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effector

(ɪˈfɛktə) or

effecter

(Physiology) physiol a nerve ending that terminates in a muscle or gland and provides neural stimulation causing contraction or secretion

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ef•fec•tor

(ɪˈfɛk tər)

n.

1. Also, effecter. a person or thing that effects something.

a. an organ, cell, etc., that reacts to a nerve impulse, as a muscle by contracting or a gland by secreting.

b. the part of a nerve that conveys such an impulse.

[1595–1605; < Latin]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	effector - one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose effecter individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	effector - a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion nerve fiber, nerve fibre - a threadlike extension of a nerve cell endplate, end-plate, motor end plate - the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle
	3.	effector - an organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

Translations

effecteur

ef·fec·tor

n. efector, terminación nerviosa que produce un efecto eferente en una glándula de secreción o en una célula muscular.

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