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adj
Of, pertaining to, activated by, producing or having the same function as acetylcholine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Any drug or substance producing or having the same function as acetylcholine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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adjective
releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: anticholinergic
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhelh3- Proto-Hellenic *kholā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ)der. English choline English -ergy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -ergic English cholinergic From choline + -ergic.
Across languages
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