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acetylcholinergic

acetylcholinergic adjective: relating to the neurotransmissive action of acetylcholine in metabolism.

Adjective

acetylcholinergic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the neurotransmissive action of acetylcholine in metabolism
    • To elucidate the molecular basis of the acetylcholinergic signaling system, we identified acetylcholine-related genes involved in biosynthesis, signal transduction, and reuptake in C. suppressalis central nervous system transcriptome.2015 July 15, Gang Xu et al., “De novo assembly and characterization of central nervous system transcriptome reveals neurotransmitter signaling systems in the rice striped stem borer, Chilo...

Origin of acetylcholinergic

From acetylcholine + -ergic.

Questions about acetylcholinergic

What does acetylcholinergic mean?
Acetylcholinergic means relating to the neurotransmissive action of acetylcholine in metabolism.
What part of speech is acetylcholinergic?
Acetylcholinergic is an adjective.

Words near acetylcholinergic in the dictionary

  1. acetylchitooligosaccharides
  2. acetylcholine
  3. acetylcholine chloride
  4. acetylcholine receptor
  5. acetylcholine receptors
  6. acetylcholinergic
  7. acetylcholines
  8. acetylcholinesterase
  9. acetylcholinesterases
  10. acetylcholinic
  11. acetylcysteine

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