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orthosteric

orthosteric adjective: describing the primary, unmodulated binding site (on a receptor) of a ligand.

Adjective

orthosteric (not comparable)

  1. Describing the primary, unmodulated binding site (on a receptor) of a ligand

Origin of orthosteric

From ortho- + -steric.

Questions about orthosteric

What does orthosteric mean?
Orthosteric means describing the primary, unmodulated binding site (on a receptor) of a ligand.
What part of speech is orthosteric?
Orthosteric is an adjective.

Words near orthosteric in the dictionary

  1. orthostatic hypotensions
  2. orthostatism
  3. orthostats
  4. orthostereoscopic
  5. orthostereoscopy
  6. orthosteric
  7. orthosterically
  8. orthosterism
  9. orthostichies
  10. orthostichous
  11. orthostichy

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