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nicotinergic

nicotinergic adjective: activated by nicotine.

Adjective

nicotinergic (not comparable)

  1. activated by nicotine

Origin of nicotinergic

From nicotine + -ergic.

Questions about nicotinergic

What does nicotinergic mean?
Nicotinergic means activated by nicotine.
What part of speech is nicotinergic?
Nicotinergic is an adjective.

Words near nicotinergic in the dictionary

  1. nicotine yellow
  2. nicotinean
  3. nicotined
  4. nicotineless
  5. nicotinelike
  6. nicotinergic
  7. nicotines
  8. nicotini
  9. nicotinian
  10. nicotinic
  11. nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

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