effector

English

Alternative forms

• effectour (obsolete)

Etymology

From effect +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

effector (plural effectors)

1. (biology) Any muscle, organ etc. that can respond to a stimulus from a nerve.
2. (biology) The part of a nerve that carries a stimulus to a muscle etc.
3. (biology) Any small molecule that effects the function of an enzyme by binding to an allosteric site.
4. An actuator.

Derived terms

• bioeffector
• chemoeffector
• effectorome
• effectoromic
• effectoromics
• end-effector
• immunoeffector
• metaeffector
• neuroeffector
• osmoeffector
• thermoeffector

 

Related terms

• effect
• effective
• effectiveness
• effectivity
• effectome
• effectorless
• effectual
• effectuate
• efficacious
• efficacity
• efficacy
• efficiency
• efficient

See also

• receptor

Latin

Etymology

effectus, perfect passive participle of efficiō (“to cause to occur, yield”) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /efˈfek.tor/, [ɛfˈfɛkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /efˈfek.tor/, [efˈfɛkt̪or]

Noun

effector m (genitive effectōris); third declension

1. an effecter, producer, cause

   Coordinate term: (female) effectrīx

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	effector	effectōrēs
genitive	effectōris	effectōrum
dative	effectōrī	effectōribus
accusative	effectōrem	effectōrēs
ablative	effectōre	effectōribus
vocative	effector	effectōrēs

References

• “effector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “effector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers