adj.
Pronunciation: ˌ ni-k ə - ' t ē -nik, - ' ti-
Function: 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