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muscarinic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
mus-carinic
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, usually with regard to agonism or antagonism (blocking) of receptor activity.

adj

Of or pertaining to muscarine.

noun

A muscarinic drug: one that modulates (enhances or blocks) the activity of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.

Etymology

Etymology tree English muscarine Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English muscarinic From muscarine + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more muscarinic (comparative) most muscarinic (superlative) muscarinics (plural)

Derived Forms

antimuscarinic

Frequently Paired Words

muscarinergic

Rhymes With

clinic cynic rabbinic nicotinic monoclinic finnick polyclinic minnick succinic actinic finnic baltic-finnic

Questions

What does muscarinic mean?
Of or pertaining to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, usually with regard to agonism or antagonism (blocking) of receptor activity.
Where does muscarinic come from?
Etymology tree English muscarine Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English muscarinic From muscarine + -ic.

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