CHOLINERGIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cholinergic mean? 

• CHOLINERGIC (adjective)
  The adjective CHOLINERGIC has 1 sense:

1. releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound

  Familiarity information: CHOLINERGIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOLINERGIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound

Antonym:

anticholinergic (inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site)

 Context examples 

When inhaled, ipratropium binds competitively to cholinergic receptors in the bronchial smooth muscle thereby blocking the bronchoconstrictor actions of the acetylcholine mediated vagal impulses.

(Ipratropium Bromide, NCI Thesaurus)

Malathion exerts its action on the nervous system of the lice by irreversibly inhibiting the activity of cholinesterase, thereby allowing acetylcholine to accumulate at cholinergic synapses and enhancing cholinergic receptor stimulation.

(Malathion, NCI Thesaurus)

When inhaled, ipratropium binds competitively to cholinergic receptors in the bronchial smooth muscle thereby blocking the bronchoconstrictor actions of the acetylcholine (Ach) mediated vagal impulses.

(Ipratropium, NCI Thesaurus)

The chloride salt form of acetylcholine, a synthetic, quaternary amino alcohol with cholinergic properties.

(Acetylcholine Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Nortriptyline also binds to alpha-adrenergic, histaminergic and cholinergic receptors.

(Nortriptyline, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt of a natural alkaloid extracted from plants of the genus Pilocarpus with cholinergic agonist activity.

(Pilocarpine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

This enhances the response of the gastrointestinal smooth muscle to cholinergic stimulation, thereby leading to an increase of gastric emptying into the intestines.

(Metoclopramide, NCI Thesaurus)

The muscarinic cholinergic receptors belong to a larger family of G protein-coupled receptors.

(Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor M1, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural alkaloid extracted from plants of the genus Pilocarpus with cholinergic agonist activity.

(Pilocarpine, NCI Thesaurus)

Although the mechanism of action has not been fully elucidated, orphenadrine citrate appears to block cholinergic receptors, thereby interfering with the transmission of nerve impulses from the spinal cord to the muscles.

(Orphenadrine Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)