receptive
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8.5
- adjective
- /rɪˈsɛptɪv/
- Specialized
:
aferente
- The doctor's explanation made the patient's mind more receptive to the proposed treatment plan.
- receptive language
- receptive vocabulary
- receptive communication
With a visceral pain, what you have are very diffuse, what we refer to as receptive fields.
- With a visceral pain, what you have are very diffuse, what we refer to as receptive fields.
Examples
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Each of the three students in that study had difficulty using one board for both receptive and expressive communication.
Academic text (1996) -
By age 2, expressive and receptive language difficulties may be apparent.
Academic text (1993) -
In certain instances, the problems occur at the level of auditory receptive language.
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Diagnosticians should be aware that many of the receptive language tests do not measure full understanding or depth of concepts.
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The primary handicapping conditions were receptive and expressive language disabilities.
Academic text (1998) -
Approximately two-thirds of the adults had difficulty with one or more aspects of receptive and expressive language.
Academic text (1993) -
We found indirect pathways from children's receptive language through social skills and peer relation difficulties to peer victimization.
Academic text (2014) -
Children's prosocial skill development, facilitated by children's receptive language ability, protects children with disabilities from peer victimization.
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Finally, receptive vocabulary was assessed with the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III (PPVT-III; Dunn & Dunn, 1997).
Academic text (2013) -
After several discussions, she became receptive to new ideas about improving team communication.
Synonyms
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3.9
Carrying signals from the skin and sense organs to the brain and spinal cord
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8.9
Carrying sensory information from the body to the spinal cord or brain
A nerve or signal that goes from the body toward the brain and spinal cord
Compounds
- Specialized
A condition where a person speaks in long sentences that do not make sense and cannot understand speech or writing
Surface Forms
Morphology
receptive = receive (semi-transparent) = recept + ive
Formally derived from 'receive' + '-ive', but the neurophysiological sense is technical and may not be obvious to an average learner.
Etymology
Receptive comes from the Latin word recipere meaning 'to take' and is the same root as receive. In medicine a receptive nerve 'takes' incoming signals toward the brain, which is why the word describes nerves that carry signals inwards.