| transducer | <physics> A device that transforms one type of energy to another. (17 Mar 1998) |
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| transducer cell | Any cell responding to a mechanical, thermal, photic, or chemical stimulus by generating an electrical impulse synaptically transmitted to a sensory neuron in contact with the cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transducers | Any device or element which converts an input signal into an output signal of a different form. Examples include the microphone, phonographic pickup, loudspeaker, barometer, photelectric cell, automobile horn, doorbell, and underwater sound transducer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transducers, pressure | Transducers that are activated by pressure changes, e.g., blood pressure. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neuroendocrine transducer cell | An endocrine cell that releases its hormonal product into the bloodstream only upon receipt of a nervous impulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| transmembrane transducer | A system that transmits a chemical or electrical signal across a membrane. Usually involves a transmembrane receptor protein that is thought to undergo a conformation change that is expressed on the inner surface of the membrane. Many such transducing species are dimeric and the conformation change may involve interaction between the two components. (18 Nov 1997) |