effector

• effectour (obsolete)

From effect +‎ -or.

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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.

• receptor

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛfˈfɛk.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [efˈfɛk.t̪or]

effector m (genitive effectōris); third declension

1. an effecter, producer, cause

   Coordinate term: (female) effectrīx

Third-declension noun.

• “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