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cholinergic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.23 in modern English

Syllables
cholin-er-gic
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, activated by, producing or having the same function as acetylcholine.

noun

Any drug or substance producing or having the same function as acetylcholine.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ)der. English choline English -ergy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -ergic English cholinergic From choline + -ergic.

Inflected Forms

more cholinergic (comparative) most cholinergic (superlative) cholinergics (plural)

Derived Forms

adrenocholinergic anticholinergic cholinergically hypercholinergic noncholinergic normocholinergic procholinergic

Phrases

cholinergic urticaria

Rhymes With

allergic metallurgic theurgic demiurgic liturgic

Questions

What does cholinergic mean?
Of, pertaining to, activated by, producing or having the same function as acetylcholine.
Where does cholinergic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ)der. English choline English -ergy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -ergic English cholinergic From choline + -ergic.

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