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alpha-adrenoceptor is a noun meaning "receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles)". It carries one recorded sense.
receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles)
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for alpha-adrenoceptor come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.