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beta-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 vasodilation and increased heart beat)". 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 vasodilation and increased heart beat)
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for beta-adrenoceptor come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.