muscarinic

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adjective

Of or pertaining to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, usually with regard to agonism or antagonism (blocking) of receptor activity.

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Meanings

adjectivemuscarinic (comparative more muscarinic, superlative most muscarinic)

comparative more muscarinic · superlative most muscarinic

  1. Of or pertaining to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, usually with regard to agonism or antagonism (blocking) of receptor activity.
  2. Original (etymonic) sense but not the usual senseOf or pertaining to muscarine.
nounmuscarinic (plural muscarinics)

plural muscarinics

  1. A muscarinic drug: one that modulates (enhances or blocks) the activity of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.

Origin

From muscarine + -ic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with muscarinic

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Cite this entry
APA

muscarinic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscarinic

MLA

“muscarinic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscarinic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muscarinic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscarinic.

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