"acetylcholine receptor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: acetylcholine receptors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} acetylcholine receptor (plural acetylcholine receptors)
  1. (neuroscience) A feature of neurons that detects the presence of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine as part of neural activity. Wikipedia link: acetylcholine receptor Categories (topical): Neuroscience Derived forms: nicotinic acetylcholine receptor Translations (feature of neurons): asetyylikoliinireseptori (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-acetylcholine_receptor-en-noun-DkToKmgJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, neuroscience, sciences

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