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adrenergic Definition

ad·rener·gic (ad′rə nʉr′jik)

adjective

  1. releasing epinephrine or a similar substance the adrenergic nerves of the sympathetic nervous system
  2. like epinephrine in chemical activity an adrenergic drug

Etymology: < adreno- + Gr erg(on), work + -ic

adrenergic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • agonist: Both vascular and airway smooth muscles relax in response to beta adrenergic agonists via cyclic AMP.
  • receptor: The correlation file for the alpha adrenergic receptors, for example, could look like ( without the top 2 lines!
  • blocker: For example elderly people may not develop a tachycardia, especially if they are taking a beta adrenergic blocker such as propranolol.
  • system: E.g. mitochondrial DNA variation in East African endurance athletes, genetic variation in adrenergic response systems and obesity.
  • stimulation: Back phosphorylation assays will be used to determine how the response of the myocardium to adrenergic stimulation is altered in the hibernators heart.