BETA RECEPTOR meaning: Protein responding to adrenaline, noradrenaline

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beta-receptor: Merriam-Webster
beta receptor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
beta-receptor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
beta receptor: Vocabulary.com
beta receptor: Infoplease Dictionary
beta-receptor, beta receptor: Dictionary.com
Beta-receptor, Beta receptor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
beta receptor: Rhymezone
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beta receptor: Mnemonic Dictionary
beta-receptor, beta receptor: TheFreeDictionary.com

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beta-receptor, beta receptor: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from WordNet (beta receptor)

▸ noun: 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)

Opposite:

alphreceptor, antagonist

Phrases:

beta adrenergic receptor, beta adrenergic receptor antagonists, beta adrenergic receptor kinase, TGF beta receptor, Lymphotoxin beta receptor, more...

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