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histaminergic

histaminergic adjective: of or pertaining to the effects of histamine at a receptor in an affected tissue.

Adjective

histaminergic (comparative more histaminergic, superlative most histaminergic)

  1. Of or pertaining to the effects of histamine at a receptor in an affected tissue.
    • The main interest of these results seems to me to lie in the fact that they provide new evidence in support of the importance of antidromic impulses in sensory nerves; the results suggest that these nerves produce dilatation under physiological conditions by liberating histamine. The adjective...1936 May 12, J. H. Gaddum, “The Estimation of Histamine in Blood”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine

Forms of histaminergic

comparativemore histaminergic
superlativemost histaminergic

Origin of histaminergic

From histamine + -ergic.

Words formed from histaminergic

Questions about histaminergic

What does histaminergic mean?
Histaminergic means of or pertaining to the effects of histamine at a receptor in an affected tissue.
What part of speech is histaminergic?
Histaminergic is an adjective.

Words near histaminergic in the dictionary

  1. histaminase
  2. histaminases
  3. histamine
  4. histamine intolerance
  5. histamine intolerances
  6. histaminergic
  7. histamines
  8. histaminic
  9. histamins
  10. histaminylation
  11. histaminylations

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