alpha receptor

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Noun alpha receptor has 1 sense

alpha receptor, alpha-adrenergic receptor, alpha-adrenoceptor - 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)
--₁ is a kind of receptor
--₁ is a part of sympathetic nervous system

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