cholinesterase
cholinesterase
Definition
cho·lin·es·ter·ase (-es′tər ās′)
cholinesterase
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- inhibit: They are nerve poisons, inhibiting the enzyme cholinesterase, which can have severe effects on the central nervous system.
- call: This normal removal process is carried out by enzymes within the neuromuscular junction called cholinesterases.
Converse of subject
- metabolize: It is metabolized by plasma cholinesterase ( like suxamethonium ).
Modifies a noun
- inhibitor: The main class of such compounds is the cholinesterase inhibitors.
- activity: Distribution of cholinesterase activity in the population of Trinidad.
- inhibition: Acute illness from dichlorvos is limited to the effects of cholinesterase inhibition.
- drug: We have found that the cholinesterase drugs cannot safely be stopped purely on the basis of the mini-mental cut-off suggested by NICE.
- enzyme: Permethrin does not block, or inhibit, cholinesterase enzymes.
- treatment: They also describe reduction of toxic amyloid ß protein by other methods such as cholinesterase treatment.
Noun used with modifier
- plasma: Blood tests later revealed that she had very low levels of plasma cholinesterases.
- enzyme: They are nerve poisons, inhibiting the enzyme cholinesterase, which can have severe effects on the central nervous system.
- acetyl: Measurement of acetyl cholinesterase ( AChE ) activity is the primary method for measuring the effect of these pesticides on the nervous system.
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