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Definition: Alpha-adrenergic Receptor |
Alpha-adrenergic ReceptorNoun1. 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). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Alpha-adrenergic ReceptorSynonyms: alpha receptor (n), alpha-adrenoceptor (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Alpha-adrenergic Receptor |
| Specialty definitions using "alpha-adrenergic receptor": Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha. (references) |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 70 68 61 2D 61 64 72 65 6E 65 72 67 69 63      52 65 63 65 70 74 6F 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01110000 01101000 01100001 00101101 01100001 01100100 01110010 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110010 01100111 01101001 01100011 00100000 01010010 01100101 01100011 01100101 01110000 01110100 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l p h a - a d r e n e r g i c   R e c e p t o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0070 0068 0061 002D 0061 0064 0072 0065 006E 0065 0072 0067 0069 0063      0052 0065 0063 0065 0070 0074 006F 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3578827467156770847180718473756925271697182868184 |
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