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metabotropic

metabotropic adjective: describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation).

Adjective

metabotropic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation)

Questions about metabotropic

What does metabotropic mean?
Metabotropic means describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation).
What part of speech is metabotropic?
Metabotropic is an adjective.

Words near metabotropic in the dictionary

  1. metaboric acids
  2. metaborite
  3. metabosensitive
  4. metabosensory
  5. metabotrophic
  6. metabotropic
  7. metabotype
  8. metabotypes
  9. metabotypic
  10. metabotyping
  11. metabranchial

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