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cholinomimetic

cholinomimetic adjective: resembling acetylcholine or simulating its physiological action.

Adjective

cholinomimetic (comparative more cholinomimetic, superlative most cholinomimetic)

  1. Resembling acetylcholine or simulating its physiological action.

Noun

cholinomimetic (plural cholinomimetics)

  1. A drug with cholinomimetic properties.

Forms of cholinomimetic

Adjective
comparativemore cholinomimetic
superlativemost cholinomimetic
Noun
pluralcholinomimetics

Origin of cholinomimetic

From cholino- + mimetic.

Questions about cholinomimetic

What does cholinomimetic mean?
Cholinomimetic means resembling acetylcholine or simulating its physiological action.
What part of speech is cholinomimetic?
Cholinomimetic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cholinomimetic in the dictionary

  1. cholinoceptive
  2. cholinoceptor
  3. cholinoceptors
  4. cholinolytic
  5. cholinolytics
  6. cholinomimetic
  7. cholinomimetics
  8. cholinoreactive
  9. cholinoreactivity
  10. cholinotoxicity
  11. cholioangiocarcinoma

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