NICOTINIC


Meaning of NICOTINIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌni-kə-ˈtē-nik, -ˈti- ]

adjective

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1873

: relating to, resembling, producing, or mediating the effects produced by nicotine on nerve fibers at autonomic ganglia and at the neuromuscular junctions of voluntary muscle which increases activity in small doses and inhibits it in larger doses

nicotinic receptors

— compare muscarinic

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