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Alpha Receptor

Definition: Alpha Receptor

Alpha Receptor

Noun

1. 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).

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Synonyms: Alpha Receptor

Synonyms: alpha-adrenergic receptor (n), alpha-adrenoceptor (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Alpha Receptor

Specialty definitions using "alpha receptor": Genes, T-Cell Receptor alphaKainic AcidLymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1Macrophage-1 AntigenPlatelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complex, Proto-Oncogene Protein c-metReceptor, Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor, Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, Receptor, IGF Type 1, Receptor, Insulin, Receptors, Interleukin-1, Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor. (references)

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Modern Translations: Alpha Receptor

Language Translations for "alpha receptor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

alfa-receptor, alfareceptor. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

alfa-receptor. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

alfareseptori, alfa-adrenerginen reseptori. (various references)

   

French

  

récepteur alpha. (various references)

   

German

  

Alpharezeptor. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υποδοχέας άλφα. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ricettore alfa. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alphaay eceptorray

   

Spanish

  

receptor alfa. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Alpha Receptor

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-h-l-o-p-p-r-r-t"

-2 letters: perchlorate.

-3 letters: tracheolar.

-4 letters: acropetal, applecart, cartopper, correlate, percolate, phalarope, preceptor, procreate, tracheole, trochleae, trochlear.

-5 letters: acalephe, apholate, apothece, appealer, approach, areolate, calthrop, chelator, chlorate, chortler, claptrap, coappear, copperah, corelate, earthpea, ephorate, lacerate, latherer, leachate, palpator, palterer, parachor, pectoral, perorate, phratral, placater, plethora, potlache, praelect, preacher, preclear, preplace, rapparee, reappear, recarpet, receptor, reclothe, relocate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Alpha Receptor


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 6C 70 68 61      52 65 63 65 70 74 6F 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101100 01110000 01101000 01100001 00100000 01010010 01100101 01100011 01100101 01110000 01110100 01101111 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#108 &#112 &#104 &#97 &#32 &#82 &#101 &#99 &#101 &#112 &#116 &#111 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006C 0070 0068 0061      0052 0065 0063 0065 0070 0074 006F 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

357882746725271697182868184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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