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peptidergic

peptidergic adjective: describing neurons that secrete peptide hormones as their neurotransmitters.

Adjective

peptidergic (not comparable)

  1. Describing neurons that secrete peptide hormones as their neurotransmitters

Origin of peptidergic

From peptide + -ergic.

Words formed from peptidergic

Questions about peptidergic

What does peptidergic mean?
Peptidergic means describing neurons that secrete peptide hormones as their neurotransmitters.
What part of speech is peptidergic?
Peptidergic is an adjective.

Words near peptidergic in the dictionary

  1. peptide bonds
  2. peptide chain
  3. peptide chains
  4. peptide nucleic acid
  5. peptide nucleic acids
  6. peptidergic
  7. peptides
  8. peptidic
  9. peptidimer
  10. peptidimers
  11. peptidisc

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