BETA-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beta-adrenergic receptor mean? 

• BETA-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR (noun)
  The noun BETA-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR has 1 sense:

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 vasodilation and increased heart beat)

  Familiarity information: BETA-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETA-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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 vasodilation and increased heart beat)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

beta-adrenergic receptor; beta-adrenoceptor; beta receptor

Hypernyms ("beta-adrenergic receptor" is a kind of...):

receptor (a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response)

Holonyms ("beta-adrenergic receptor" is a part of...):

sympathetic nervous system (originates in the thoracic regions of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the parasympathetic: reduces digestive secretions; speeds the heart; contracts blood vessels)

 Context examples 

Norepinephrine bitartrate acts directly on the alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptors.

(Norepinephrine Bitartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration in the eye, levobunolol blocks beta-adrenergic receptors, thereby causing vasoconstriction.

(Levobunolol, NCI Thesaurus)

A beta-adrenergic receptor agonist with bronchodilator activity.

(Isoetharine, NCI Thesaurus)

A long-acting beta-adrenergic receptor agonist with bronchodilator activity.

(Formoterol, NCI Thesaurus)

Norepinephrine acts directly on the alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptors.

(Norepinephrine, DL-, NCI Thesaurus)

An alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptor agonist with sympathomimetic activity.

(Phenylpropanolamine, NCI Thesaurus)

A short-acting, beta-adrenergic receptor agonist with bronchodilator activity.

(Pirbuterol, NCI Thesaurus)

Pindolol competitively binds to beta-adrenergic receptors, resulting in a decrease in beta-adrenergic activities, i.e., vasodilation, and negative chronotropic and inotropic effects.

(Pindolol, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of phenylpropanolamine, an alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptor agonist with sympathomimetic activity.

(Phenylpropanolamine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Even though preferentially interacts with beta-adrenergic receptors, flerobuterol may exhibit antidepressant activity.

(Flerobuterol, NCI Thesaurus)