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butyrylcholine

butyrylcholine noun: a synthetic acetylcholine-like molecule, with activation of some of the same receptors, which is hydrolysed by acetylcholinesterase and (more efficiently) by butyrylcholinesterase.

Noun

butyrylcholine (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic acetylcholine-like molecule, with activation of some of the same receptors, which is hydrolysed by acetylcholinesterase and (more efficiently) by butyrylcholinesterase.

Origin of butyrylcholine

From butyryl + choline.

Questions about butyrylcholine

What does butyrylcholine mean?
Butyrylcholine means a synthetic acetylcholine-like molecule, with activation of some of the same receptors, which is hydrolysed by acetylcholinesterase and (more efficiently) by butyrylcholinesterase.
What part of speech is butyrylcholine?
Butyrylcholine is a noun.

Words near butyrylcholine in the dictionary

  1. butyrospermol
  2. butyrous
  3. butyryl
  4. butyrylation
  5. butyrylations
  6. butyrylcholine
  7. butyrylcholinesterase
  8. butyrylcholinesterases
  9. butyryls
  10. butyrylthiocholine
  11. butyrylthiocholines

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