English Explanatory Dictionary

butyrylcholine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A synthetic acetylcholine-like molecule, with activation of some of the same receptors, which is hydrolysed by acetylcholinesterase and (more efficiently) by butyrylcholinesterase.

Word forms

butyrylcholine

Etymology

From butyryl + choline.

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