muscarinic
构词拆解
- -ic
- Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”. · (chemistry) Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a greater oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).
词源说明
释义
形容词adjective
- 1Of 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 sense) Of or pertaining to muscarine.
名词noun
- 1A muscarinic drug: one that modulates (enhances or blocks) the activity of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.